James Talarico won the Democratic nomination for a US Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday, capping a remarkable rise from state lawmaker and seminary student to the party’s standard-bearer in one of the key races of the 2026 midterm cycle.
With his blend of faith-based populism, bipartisan appeal and generational energy, Talarico defeated Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, a firebrand beloved by the party’s base but who struggled to dispel concerns that she could defeat a Republican in a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide in more than 30 years.
A jubilant Talarico told supporters in Austin before the race was called: “We are not just trying to win an election. We are trying to fundamentally change our politics. And it’s working.”
AIPAC money and a Harris endorsement appears to have obliterated an 18 point polling lead. That’s crazy to think about.
The Colbert fiasco with the FCC trying to silence Talarico really did a number here.
Love that Trump still manages to fuck things up for himself.
and also, because the OG situation:
I can’t tell if that’s Barbara Streisand or Jennifer Aniston.
They basically handed him the primary via Streisand Effect.
Colbert worked the refs brilliantly
I wrote about this yesterday. Harris and Schumer, and possibly Jefferies, all seem to have the mierdas touch.
That’s the most sane thing in America politics for a while lol. It’s crazy that she couldn’t predict that it would happen.
Harris is running for Pres again in 2028, she has learned nothing, and we will all suffer the cost.
As long as we get a primary, she won’t make it past that
Primaries are meaningless when it comes to presidential candidates. The courts have ruled that the political parties are under no obligations to respect those results.
The 2016 and 2024 DNC actions certainly proved that.
She didn’t make it to the primary even before she was a certified failure.
Gotta wonder whether that lead ever existed. YouGov flip-flopped on Crockett the minute polls actually opened