Democrats James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa won their respective midterm election races and then celebrated with a stop at Whataburger. Senate on Tuesday. Greg Abbott conceded the race to Hinojosa at around 10 pm.
Texas Gov. This was then followed closely by the Associated Press announcing that Talarico beat Republican Ken Paxton in the race for U.S.
NBC News reported that Musk spent approximately $250 million supporting the party’s congressional campaigns during the election cycle. One of Musk’s biggest political investments was in Texas, but Paxton lost the Senate race to Democrat Talarico in the state.
“We just took back Texas,” Talarico said as he emerged on stage to applause at his official watch party at a nearby performing arts theatre. “We just proved that all the money in the world is no match for the people of Texas,” he continued, referring to his win over Paxton whose campaign was backed by Elon Musk.
