Democratic state Rep. James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to the Associated Press. That's the third U.S. Senate seat Democrats have flipped tonight. Talarico was leading in most polls for weeks. Texans last elected a Democrat for the Senate in 1988. Paxton GOP peers impeached him in the Texas House of Representatives for abuse of powers. The state Senate acquitted him.
— Mikhail Zinshteyn