Democrats Flip Texas Senate Seat for First Time Since 1988

Democrats Flip Texas Senate Seat for First Time Since 1988

Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton to win Texas’s United States Senate seat, giving Democrats their first victory in the race since nineteen eighty eight. Talarico’s win, alongside Gina Hinojosa’s victory over Greg Abbott in the governor’s race, marks a historic Democratic shift in a reliably Republican state during the two thousand twenty six midterms.

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