New Delhi, March 4 -- James Talarico, a lawmaker and a Democrat, defeated Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in the race for Democratic primary for the Texas Senate on Wednesday (local time).

He will now be facing the winner of the Republican runoff, which is set to take place on 26 May, and will either compete with Sen. John Cornyn or state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

According to his website, Talarico is an eight-generation Texan who previously worked as a middle school teacher, where he taught sixth-grade Language Arts at Rhodes Middle School on the west side of San Antonio.

Talarico studied at the University of Texas at Austin and holds a degree from Harvard University.

He is a Presbyterian seminarian (someone who studies at a theolo...