Brother of George W Bush endorses Democratic Senate candidate in Texas

Neil Bush, brother of former Republican President George W Bush, has said that he voted for the Democratic candidate James Talarico in a crucial race for the United States Senate. In a social media post on Tuesday, Bush said he voted for Talarico due to concerns about the Republican candidate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton . Talarico and Paxton are in a tight race for Texas’s open Senate seat. Democrats are hoping to seize control of the 100-member Senate in the November 3 midterm elections, when 35 seats will be on the ballot. Bush’s endorsement of Talarico is the latest sign of division among Texas Republicans. Bush comes from a prominent Republican family: not only was his brother a president, but his father, the late George HW Bush, was too.