Talarico gets more votes than Hillary, Kamala: 4 midterm election shockers in Texas

James Talarico received more votes than Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton. Democrats won every statewide race and Republican incumbents lost all state high court races. Republican-aligned groups outspent Democrats on ads in every statewide race but still lost. U.S. Sen.-elect James Talarico, D-Texas, speaks during an election night event at the Long Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 3, 2026 in Austin, Texas. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesWhile Republicans were roundly defeated by Democrats across the country in last week's midterms, it was Democrat James Talarico’s dramatic defeat of Republican Ken Paxton that encapsulated the scope of the “blue wave” that saw dozens of U.S. House of Representatives districts and at least eight U.S. Senate seats flip to Democrats.A state legislator, former middle school teacher and liberal Presbyterian seminarian, the 37-year-old Talarico beat Paxton by about 12 percentage points and will become the first Democrat elected to the U.S.

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