James Talarico faces off against Trump in dueling Texas rallies in election’s final days

LUBBOCK, Texas — On the day a sitting president landed in their town for the first time in 34 years, people waited for hours in lines that stretched for blocks in this reliably red city.

But this crowd on the east side of the city wasn’t waiting for President Donald Trump. They wanted to see Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

“We’re all closet Democrats,” said Dr. Tim Jones, 66, an emergency room physician, laughing and gesturing to a sea of people around him in line before Talarico’s evening rally. “There are a lot of people who are finally upset at gas