How the Talarico-Paxton race could play out

With Ken Paxton's GOP primary win this week, Democrats now have the Republican Senate candidate, tactically speaking, they were hoping for.Now the question is whether their nominee, James Talarico, a young state lawmaker from Austin, can deliver them out of the wilderness.Why it matters: A Talarico win would give the Democrats an unexpected seat in their quest to retake the Senate — and potentially move Texas into the battleground column for 2028, a seismic reordering of the national electoral l...