Lone Star turns blue: Democrats Talarico, Hinojosa topple Texas Republicans
<p>Democrat James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminarian who campaigned on a “politics of love,” on Tuesday won the US Senate race in Texas, dealing a historic blow to Republicans that could reshape American politics.</p> <p>Talarico defeated the state’s attorney general Ken Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump who was heavily