Capital Highlights | Talarico pledges unity, bipartisanship in Washington

Democratic U.S. senator-elect James Talarico told reporters last week after his decisive win over Republican Ken Paxton that his win was not so much a partisan triumph as a call for something different in Washington, The Dallas Morning News reported. Talarico said his winning coalition was united by economic frustration and a desire for change. “People across the political spectrum are hungry for a different kind of politics. Not a politics of hate, not a politics of fear, not a politics of division, but a politics of love,” he said. When asked if Democrats should concentrate on legislative priorities or investigating the Trump administration, he rejected it as a false choice. “Our top priority has to be delivering for the people of Texas, for the people of this country,” Talarico said. “They didn’t send us to Washington for political retribution.” Talarico’s six-year term as the state’s first Democratic U.S. senator in more than 30 years begins when he is sworn in on Jan. 3.

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