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Talafreako Goes to Washington
State Representative James Talarico, the slight-of-frame Presbyterian seminarian who was until recently a minor social media influencer in the powerless ranks of the unblessed and forsaken Texas Legislature, has entered, against all odds, the great pantheon of the gods of Texas politics, where he will remain for all time. Decision Desk HQ has called the race for U.S. Senate for Talarico, who defeated Republican candidate Ken Paxton. Talarico has broken the uninterrupted losing streak in the state that has haunted his party for decades. He has become the first Democrat to win a statewide race in Texas since 1994 and the first of his party elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since 1988, two years before this rapidly graying author was born.In the weeks…The post Talafreako Goes to Washington appeared first on Texas Monthly.