Talarico flips Texas Senate seat in historic Democratic breakthrough

Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton in Texas' U.S. Senate race, a historic breakthrough ending the nation's longest Democratic drought in statewide elections. Talarico becomes the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Texas since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988 and the first Democratic statewide winner since 1994. The race was the nation's most expensive Senate battle.