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James Talarico defeats Ken Paxton to win Texas Senate seat

short by / on Thursday, 5 November, 2026
Democrat James Talarico, a 37-year-old former teacher and seminarian, has defeated Republican Ken Paxton for Texas's US Senate seat, the Associated Press projected. AP said he will be Texas's first Democratic senator since 1993. "The people of Texas delivered a crystal-clear message to the world's first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale," Talarico told CBS News.
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