BBC News reported that the Texas Senate race, which it described as a $500m contest, may be the most closely watched contest in the US midterm elections and is about far more than control of Congress. Its headline asked whether Talarico could 'turn the tide' in a state where, the outlet said, Democrats are used to heartbreak. The full BBC News report on the Texas Senate race is available from the outlet.
The New York Times reported that the last time a Democrat won a statewide election in Texas was in the 1990s. In a video report titled 'Can Democrats Flip Texas?', national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why Democrats think this year could be different, according to the outlet's summary.
The two outlets approach the contest from different angles. The BBC emphasized the broader stakes of the race beyond control of Congress, while The New York Times focused on the Democratic belief that Texas could be flipped this year. Neither summary includes polling figures, vote totals, candidate positions, or a result.
The New York Times summary credits Shane Goldmacher, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, James Surdam and Edward Vega with the video. The summaries available for this story do not provide further details about the race, its candidates, or the state of the vote.
The only figure in either summary is the $500m cost that the BBC attributed to the Texas Senate race. The BBC's framing of Democrats as used to heartbreak in the state appears in its headline, while the Times summary centers on the timeline of Democratic statewide wins in Texas.
Sources: BBC News: Democrats are used to heartbreak in Texas - could Talarico turn the tide?; The New York Times: Can Democrats Flip Texas?.