Democrats are used to heartbreak in Texas — could Talarico turn the tide?

Thirty-seven-year-old Democrat James Talarico hopes to end more than three decades of Democratic defeats in Texas statewide elections and win a Senate seat for his party for the first time since 1988. Polls suggest a possible breakthrough in a race that could help determine control of Congress and has drawn more than half a billion dollars in spending. On Tuesday, about 3,000 people attended his rally in Lubbock, a city that overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump, where the former teacher criticized economic hardship, the influence of money in politics and corruption.