The 37-year-old state legislator, former middle school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian will become Texas’ first Democratic senator since 1993.
Austin, Texas | Democrat James Talarico flipped a US Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), defeating Republican Ken Paxton to pull off the first statewide victory in more than 30 years and sending a jolt through a longtime GOP stronghold that President Donald Trump carried by double digits just two years ago.
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