India, Nov. 8 -- US senator-elect James Talarico made his first public appearance after winning a historic Texas Senate race by visiting the Houston memorial of Lorenzo Salgado and placing an "I voted" sticker at the site.

Talarico visited the Canal Street memorial on Saturday, marking four months since Salgado's death. His campaign said hundreds of Texans had already placed voting stickers at the memorial, turning the location into a place of remembrance after the 52-year-old construction worker's death.

Talarico, a Democrat, defeated Republican Ken Paxton and Libertarian candidate Ted Brown in the Texas Senate race. He became the first Democratic U.S. senator from Texas since 1988, winning 49.4% of the vote in a closely contested elec...