Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Texas v Musk: how southern state Democrats won against the billionaire – explainer

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Democrat James Talarico won a Senate seat in Texas, breaking a 38-year drought for his party in the Republican stronghold and delivering a stunning blow to Donald Trump. The race became one of the most expensive Senate contests in US history, with advertising spending topping $500m, according to estimates. GOP-aligned groups poured hundreds of millions of dollars into efforts to elect Ken Paxton, including substantial funding linked to multibillionaire Elon Musk, whom Talarico accused of trying to buy a Senate seat.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/04/elon-musk-midterm-spending-analysis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Elon Musk’s nearly half a billion dollars in midterms spending was a flop</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/james-talarico-texas-senate-midterm-elections" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Five dimensional chess: inside James Talarico’s extraordinary bid to break Texas Democrats’ losing streak</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/nov/06/texas-v-musk-how-southern-state-democrats-won-against-the-billionaire-explainer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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