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'We didn't expect this': Texas Democrats stunned as blue wave topples GOP stronghold
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Texas Democrat James Talarico toppled Ken Paxton by over 12 points as a blue wave shattered the GOP's grip on the deep -red Lone Star State.
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'We didn't expect this': Texas Democrats stunned as blue wave topples GOP stronghold
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