Talarico wins Texas Senate seat, first Democrat since 1988
CBS News projected that Democratic state Representative James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, giving Democrats their first Texas Senate seat since 1988.
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Last updated Wednesday, November 4, 2026 — 5:30 AM EST
CBS News projected that Democratic state Representative James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, giving Democrats their first Texas Senate seat since 1988.
Three separate shootings in Dallas’s Deep Ellum district killed four people and injured 15 in little over an hour, as mass shootings near college events left dead and wounded in Alabama, Delaware and other states.
Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton 48 percent to 46 percent in new Emerson College Polling numbers for the Texas Senate race, The Hill reported.