Crockett was reportedly the GOP’s preferred opponent in the 2026 Senate elections in Texas, but had not been considered as a potential contender in the race by her own party
The Republican Party allegedly promoted favorable polls about Representative Jasmine Crockett as part of a plan to goad the outspoken Democrat into running for the Senate.
Crockett was reportedly the GOP’s preferred opponent in the 2026 race in Texas, but had not been considered as a potential contender in the race by her fellow Democrats.
That prompted Senate Republicans to disseminate a poll in July suggesting that she would be the frontrunner in the Democratic primary.
“When we saw the results, we were like, ‘OK, we got to disseminate this far and wide,’” a source familiar with the plan told NOTUS.
No, you don’t get it. Democrats need robust primaries, it’s the only way to get robust candidates. We need to stop acting like anyone who gets elected once deserves that seat for life.
Every race should have a primary challenger!
Republicans strengthened during the Tea Party battle of the Obama Years, and morphed into MAGA and took over, and they did it by challenging boring establishment Reps who were just filling a seat.
Progressives are in a position to do the same thing to the Democratic Party, and it starts in the Primaries. Either incumbents will shift left, or a progressive candidate will take their seat and do it.
Progressives also have to realize that their candidates won’t magically win in every district. Still, every primary needs to be contested, if for no other reason than to let the eventual winner know what their constituents value.
I don’t think there is really a loser in a primary. The candidate that loses the election learns a bit about the people in their district, and about themselves, which they can take into the next campaign. In fact, I can make an argument that Democrats are in such dire straits right now because they don’t have enough candidates losing primaries, and learning from that. That leads directly to weaker candidates in the General Election
Valid.
I agree. It’s not like Crockett and Talarico are hurling mud at each other, they are very civil (so far). A primary where the candidates agree on the fundamentals and it’s just about who is going to better represent that in Washington seems like a great contest,one in which all participant can come out winners.
The First Rule of Politics is Get Elected, and while I like Crockett, and I instinctively don’t trust any religious candidate, I recognize that a white Christian preacher man is much more likely to get elected in Texas than a loud black lady.
We need those Republican Senate seats to flip, even if they go to a Fetterman-type DINO. At least they’re Dems, and count toward a Dem majority.
That was always the only positive about Manchin. He was practically a Republican, but he gave the Dems a slim majority, and that’s incredibly important.
Talarico sounds pretty progressive, although as a religious freak, he will ultimately side with his mythology over the Constitution.
But we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. Right now we have to crush and purge MAGA from our government and our society, and we need to take over both chambers of Congress to start, and he stands a pretty good chance at it.
Plus, I want to see Trump’s head explode when a Dem wins a Texas Senate Seat.
Talarico is letting LoneStar PAC hurl the mud at Crockett so he can play the “good Christian”. Their ads are shameful and gross.
It’s gonna be muddy this week. I promise. We 10 days out. We’re in the “smoke em if you gottem” phase if the primary.