‘I had hopes, but this is unbelievable’

Democrat James Talarico has flipped a US Senate seat in the state of Texas. DW correspondent Misha Komadovsky asked participants of the Democrat watch party in Austin for their reactions.

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Democrat James Talarico won a US Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday, defeating Republican Ken Paxton and delivering Democrats their first statewide victory in more than three decades.

The upset shook a longtime Republican stronghold that President Donald Trump had carried comfortably just two years earlier.

Supporters erupted in cheers at Talarico’s election-nightgathering in downtown Austin when the race was called.

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