CBC Endorses Talarico in Texas Senate Race Against Paxton

In the long struggle to redraw the political map of Texas, Democrat James Talarico has secured a meaningful institutional blessing: the endorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus's political arm as he prepares to face Republican attorney general Ken Paxton in November. The backing arrives after Talarico navigated a contested primary that included a Black opponent, and it speaks to a Democratic calculus that coalition-building — not just candidacy — will determine whether Texas's shifting demographics can finally translate into statewide electoral change. History rarely turns on a single end