How Texas Turned Against Ken Paxton: County Results Explained
Summary
The article says Democrat James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 55.1% to 43%, in a U.S. Senate race. It attributes Talarico’s win to strong results in major cities and suburbs, gains in South Texas, and a coalition that included voters who had recently favored Republicans.Key Facts
- Talarico carried Texas by about 12 percentage points, according to the article.
- The article describes Talarico as the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since 1988 and the first Democrat to win statewide in Texas since 1994.
- Talarico won Collin County by 12.1 percentage points and Denton County by 8.4 points.
- He carried Fort Bend County by 28.6 points, Brazoria County by 5.4 points, and Williamson County by 20.3 points.
- Talarico narrowly flipped Kaufman County, which Donald Trump carried in the 2024 presidential election.
- Texas had an estimated 31.7 million residents in 2025, up 8.8% from 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Hispanic or Latino residents made up 40.9% of Texas’s population, while non-Hispanic white residents made up 37.3%, the article reports.
- Republican Senator Ted Cruz said that Republicans lost support among blue-collar voters, evangelical Christians, farmers and ranchers, young people, and Hispanic voters.
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