Democratic state Rep. James Talarico defeated Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas U.S. Senate race on Tuesday. The story reports that Talarico won despite a large amount of outside money spent in the race.

According to the story, the win is the first statewide victory for Texas Democrats since 1994. It is also the first U.S. Senate win for the party in Texas since 1988. The story says the result ends the GOP's three-decade hold on the state, and that it is the longest active streak of one-party dominance in any state.