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James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win statewide in Texas since 1994

State Representative James Talarico won the US Senate race in Texas on Tuesday, according to ​media projections, defeating President Donald Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton ‌to end Democrats’ 32-year statewide losing streak and give his party a major boost in the battle for Senate control. It was a striking ​Democratic breakthrough in a state Republicans have long ​dominated. Trump carried the state by 14 percentage points ⁠in 2024. Paxton, the Texas attorney general, has been at ​the center o

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