James Talarico übernimmt in der Blockbuster-Vorwahl der Demokraten für den US-Senat frühzeitig die Führung vor Jasmine Crockett

>By the end of early voting, Talarico had outspent Crockett nearly five-to-one on advertising, including outside spending, according to media tracking firm AdImpact. Talarico, who began the race with much lower name recognition, spent $15.3 million on ads through his campaign alone, compared to Crockett’s $4.3 million; a pro-Talarico super PAC dropped another $7.7 million, while a super PAC boosting Crockett had spent less than $500,000.

-KSAT

Texas will be an uphill battle even with Talarico, but Crockett winning would have been an instant game over.

A cluster f—-k in texas elections. Crooked Republican Ken Patton intervention make a mess tonight in texas. As always republicans dirty tactics to steal elections.

How do you convince people who think black people are hoodlums ruining the country to vote for a black person?

I’ve seen people minding they’re own business who get harassed simply for being black in the wrong neighborhood

Go James go!

Shocked he pulled this out. The polls were not in his favor.

Crockett is a typical corproate dem and Talarico is significantly more progressive with all the progressive endorsements for a reason. Glad Talarico won.

As he should, while I enjoy a good Jasmine Crockett video odher grilling people, Talarico has what Republicans fear. Intelligent Christian Values with A grade debate form.

In Texas, if it taint wat it taint rat.

Thank God. Jasmine was bought and paid for by AIPAC as well as the GOP trying to get her to win so they could face her. 

I think too much is being made out of race and gender in this election.

For a Democrat to win statewide, they need a campaign that breaks through the fog and noise and reaches unmotivated voters.

Electability isn’t just about race or gender. Biden lost Texas and Kamala lost Texas and Wendy Davis lost Texas and Colin Allred lost Texas.

Beto came the closest, but it wasn’t because he was a white man, it’s because he ran a campaign of passion and genuinely reached out to voters. He didn’t have to compromise his progressive beliefs to do so, but he did have to run an inspired campaign, and you could tell that he poured his whole self into his campaign.

Both Crockett and Talarico reached people who have been feeling like they haven’t been spoken to, which is fantastic. The turnout shows what a race with great candidates can do.

(No shade on Gina Hinojosa or other statewide candidates, but they’re not the ones who drove turnout in this primary)

Ultimately, the primary shows which of the two candidates is better able to cut through the fog and the noise and get people to vote. They both ran great campaigns, and got Democrats in Texas more fired up than they’ve been in a long time. This time it went to Talarico, and we all need to get behind him. Not because we think he’s more “electable” or because of reading the tea leaves of some voter turnout models, but because he has showed that he can get voters excited, and he’s the nominee.

Republicans also had three people running in their Senate primary, and it looks like it will go to a runoff. But if you think the Paxton voters are going to stay home in November if Cornyn wins the nomination, you’re crazy. Republicans will be out voting.

We certainly haven’t seen the last of Jasmine Crockett, and I’m thrilled to have her in our camp. I hope she and her supporters come out in November and campaign up and down the ticket.

Gina can’t win Governor without Crockett AND Talarico voters.

Vicki Goodwin can’t win Lt Governor without Crockett AND Talarico voters.

Sarah Eckhardt can’t win Comptroller without Crockett AND Talarico voters.

There are great Democratic candidates of all races and genders up and down the ballot. Texas Democrats need to roll up their sleeves and get them elected

Looking at the map in the article… if Talarico can turn all that green to purple, he has a real chance.

I’m hoping Talarico wins this!

Talarico seems just the type of guy that Texans may go for! He talks Christian!

I hope she takes her talents into other parts of the movement and doesn’t take it so personally she adopts a „fuck em“ approach then gives up.

It’s so funny to me how the bots are suddenly pushing an anti-Talarico message for black voters ITT when there wasn’t a peep about that before tonight.

Texas is lucky to have two fantastic candidates to represent them in congress. Whoever doesn’t win I wish will find a way to keep fighting for Texans, and all Americans.