CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Democratic U.S. Sen.-elect James Talarico told reporters last week after his decisive win over Republican Ken Paxton that his victory was not so much a partisan triumph as a call for something different in Washington, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Talarico said his winning coalition was united by economic frustration and a desire for change.

"People across the political spectrum are hungry for a different kind of politics. Not a politics of hate, not a politics of fear, not a politics of division, but a politics of love," he said.