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  1. They tried to get her out by redistricting, kind of makes sense. She has a built in campaign sign running against Cruz. Just put a giant bilboard of his beaten puppy looking face when cold calling for Trump in 2016 that says “Trump insulted my family, my father and my wife. I am now in his pocket. Would you vote for me?”

    edit: or him in the Airport that says “Which way to Cancun?”

  2. flyover_liberal on

    James Talarico

    Terry Virts

    Colin Allred

    Jasmine Crockett

    Quite a slate of candidates …

  3. No disrespect to Crockett but I just don’t see her having as realistic a chance of winning as James Talarico. There’s a ton of republicans that strongly dislike Paxton but would still get out to vote for him over Crockett. Talarico could actually get some of those votes, though, or at least cause some of those republicans to stay home.

  4. Cobra-Lalalalalalala on

    She probably has more name recognition but will run into the wall of deep-seated racism in Texas for the general. Talarico is probably more palatable to some of those people, but not yet as widely recognized. Allred needs to bow out; he had his chance.

  5. UselessInsight on

    Texas isn’t electing a liberal black woman to statewide office. I’m sorry.

    I wish it were different but that’s not how Texas works.

  6. The chances of her winning statewide in Texas feels small. But, if she has national ambitions and can secure some big money backing that would be comfortable losing the battle to win the long term war, this could be an interesting track to the national stage.

  7. *In the lead among Democratic candidates. No Democrat has won a US Senate seat for Texas since 1988, and none has served since 1993.

  8. Talarico will likely be in the lead by the time the Texas democratic primary rolls around. As he boosts his name recognition by campaigning throughout Texas, he’ll start polling more strongly. Talarico raised $6M in just three weeks, mostly through small donations, setting a new record for a Texas US Senate run.

  9. Jasmine, I like you but I like Talarico more. He has an advantage she doesn’t and that’s his religion. If he weren’t running, I’d vote for her if I thought she had a chance

  10. Budget_Change_8870 on

    You don’t want to run in a tougher district so your move is run for statewide office tx senate seat? what are we talking about here

  11. Waesrdtfyg0987 on

    Can she move ala Hillary? It’s never happening in Texas and exercising a campaign to show how shitty the other side is great, but she’s too valuable to be sacrificed

  12. Acrobatic-Ostrich168 on

    She has no choice at this point! Her seat is going to be erased due to the Texas gerrymander.

  13. Friendly_Diamond1999 on

    Sounds like the perfect candidate to raise $250M only to lose by 10 points in the general election to Ken Paxton.

    No.

    Talarico please.

  14. CitizenofVallanthia on

    I’m a Texan living in Boerne near San Antonio. I’d vote for her in a heartbeat. That said, between the media misinformation in this state and the gerrymandering, I can’t imagine that she would have a chance.

  15. BarbarianCarnotaurus on

    In fairness, I’d vote for a dried pine cone over Ted Cruz. That being said she is amazing and I hope she goes for it. She would fight the fight

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