Texas GOP Fight Intensifies as Democrats Eye Senate Takeover (1)

Texas Democrats selected a Senate candidate who has staked his campaign on appealing to independent and swing voters after a surge of enthusiasm fueled by opposition to President Donald Trump.

Republicans, meanwhile, are poised for months of internecine fighting between a longtime incumbent with billionaire backing and a firebrand Trump loyalist with a controversial past.

James Talarico, a Texas state lawmaker, bested US House Representative Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary Tuesday. Voters chose the candidate who focused on broadening the party’s tarnished brand with independents and disaffected Republicans, over a progressive rising star who has gained a ...