Talarico defeats Crockett in Democrat Texas Senate primary race – One America News Network

OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
11:55 AM – Wednesday, March 4, 2026

In the Texas Democrat primary for U.S. Senate, state legislator James Talarico defeated U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett. Crockett, a vocal and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, lost her bid to advance in the race.

“Tonight our campaign is shocking the nation. We are still waiting for an official call, but we are confident in this movement we’ve built together. Every vote must be counted. Every voice must be heard,” Talarico said before his victory was confirmed on Tuesday night in Austin, Texas.

According to the Associated Press, Talarico, 36, received 52.8% of the vote to 44-year-old Crockett’s 45.9%.

Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian and former public school teacher from the Austin area, rose to prominence by centering his Christian faith in his campaign messaging — often framing left-wing policies “through the lens of love and neighborliness,” despite being opposed to Christian nationalism.

Talarico significantly outpaced Crockett in fundraising during their Democrat primary battle for the U.S. Senate seat.

Since launching his campaign in September 2025, Talarico raised more than $20 million — much of it from small-dollar donors across the country — while Crockett, who entered the race in December, brought in about $3.7 million in new contributions, supplemented by a $4.8 million transfer from her existing House campaign account.

Throughout the contest, Democrats openly debated the candidates’ electability against a Republican in the November general election, with questions focusing on which contender — amid Texas’s long Republican dominance statewide — could “best mobilize turnout,” appeal to moderates, or flip key voter groups in a high-stakes race.

“I am tired of people asking whether or not I am electable,” Crockett commented. “The reality is that that is nothing but a dog whistle.”

Talarico was accused last month by a TikTok influencer, Morgan Thompson, of calling former Representative Collin Allred (D-Texas), a former rival for the nomination, a “mediocre black man.” Thompson claimed that Talarico had told her in a private conversation that he had “signed up to run against a mediocre Black man, not a formidable, intelligent, Black woman.”

“In my praise of Congresswoman Crockett, I described Congressman Allred’s ‘method of campaigning’ as mediocre,” Talarico later responded, attempting to push back against the accusation, “but his life and service are not. I would never attack him on the basis of race.”

Allred responded in a video on social media on Monday.

“I understand that James Talarico had the temerity and the audacity to say to a Black woman that he had signed up to run against a ‘mediocre Black man,’ meaning me, not a ‘formidable and intelligent Black woman,’ meaning Jasmine Crockett,” Allred said. “Let me just give you some free advice, James. If you want to compliment Black women, just do it. Just do it, don’t do it while also tearing down a Black man.”