Why fumble such a huge opportunity with Paxton looking likely to win the GOP nomination? Crockett just doesn’t stand a chance statewide, even against Paxton. Hopefully Talarico pulls it off anyway
B-Z_B-S on
Hope she wins.
East-Will1345 on
Texan here: A black woman senator in this racist shithole? Absolutely no chance.
SeductiveSunday on
I don’t see how anyone but Paxton is going to win. Sadly the state of Texas seems to love enabling corruption probably more than it loves enabling racism and sexism.
travio on
I think she is great but there is no way she can win statewide in Texas, even in a blue tsunami. Talarico is the dems best hope, combined with Paxton winning the republican primary.
bensquirrel on
It looks like the last Democratic senator in Texas was Bob Krueger in 1993.
avalve on
God damn it. If she wins the primary, it’s going to make it that much harder for Dems to hold on in the new gerrymandered RGV districts. TX-35 probably ends up flipping if she’s the nominee.
BioDriver on
Inject this shit into my veins
Umami-Ice-Cream on
I’d love her as my representative. Because she’s not going to sit on her thumbs. She will loudly and directly speak up for me. That should be what people Want in a representative.
I’ve heard a lot about Texas, but the world is a big place. Maybe she can win. I’d definitely encourage her to try.
HeretoFore200 on
Everyone’s bitching about who is more electable when in reality we all know the answer is that there are no democrats who are electable statewide.
I’m pro-Jasmine for this race, but I’m also not a Texan. I’m pro-Jasmine because I like her character and approach individually, even if she doesn’t hit the similar identity boxes of the median voter in Texas (which I think is a myopic view of what makes you representative of a group of people).
The thing I hate is people getting angry about people running because it interferes in the race when the primary process is for this exact purpose. Let Texas Dems choose who they want — do we want electoral choices or do we want select groups of Dems pre determining candidates?
Rick_McCrawfordler on
This is a good thing. Contrary to popular opinion, dems need robust primaries.
Dreadedvegas on
Out of touch politician from a deep blue seat thinks her popularity online translates to statewide popularity
Red_TeaCup on
As expected, she announced her candidacy. May there’s candidate win in the primary. However, even in a +8 democratic environment, I just don’t see her winning in the general. Happy to be proven wrong but it’s Texas.
ArmedAwareness on
Pleas god NO. Let tallrico win. Crocket is DOA
CountOnBeingAwesome on
Let’s take over Texas!!
StreetwalkinCheetah on
Talarico seems like a good candidate, uses his Christianity to call for economic justice and call out corruption. Is he perfect, no, but he’s actually quite a good bit removed from the status quo Democratic candidate offerings in a way that should still be electable in his state.
alabasterskim on
Let the democratic process play out. I think based on favorables for her and Talarico, she’s not getting past the primary.
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Best of luck
Aaaand there goes the election for Dems lol
Why fumble such a huge opportunity with Paxton looking likely to win the GOP nomination? Crockett just doesn’t stand a chance statewide, even against Paxton. Hopefully Talarico pulls it off anyway
Hope she wins.
Texan here: A black woman senator in this racist shithole? Absolutely no chance.
I don’t see how anyone but Paxton is going to win. Sadly the state of Texas seems to love enabling corruption probably more than it loves enabling racism and sexism.
I think she is great but there is no way she can win statewide in Texas, even in a blue tsunami. Talarico is the dems best hope, combined with Paxton winning the republican primary.
It looks like the last Democratic senator in Texas was Bob Krueger in 1993.
God damn it. If she wins the primary, it’s going to make it that much harder for Dems to hold on in the new gerrymandered RGV districts. TX-35 probably ends up flipping if she’s the nominee.
Inject this shit into my veins
I’d love her as my representative. Because she’s not going to sit on her thumbs. She will loudly and directly speak up for me. That should be what people Want in a representative.
I’ve heard a lot about Texas, but the world is a big place. Maybe she can win. I’d definitely encourage her to try.
Everyone’s bitching about who is more electable when in reality we all know the answer is that there are no democrats who are electable statewide.
I’m pro-Jasmine for this race, but I’m also not a Texan. I’m pro-Jasmine because I like her character and approach individually, even if she doesn’t hit the similar identity boxes of the median voter in Texas (which I think is a myopic view of what makes you representative of a group of people).
The thing I hate is people getting angry about people running because it interferes in the race when the primary process is for this exact purpose. Let Texas Dems choose who they want — do we want electoral choices or do we want select groups of Dems pre determining candidates?
This is a good thing. Contrary to popular opinion, dems need robust primaries.
Out of touch politician from a deep blue seat thinks her popularity online translates to statewide popularity
As expected, she announced her candidacy. May there’s candidate win in the primary. However, even in a +8 democratic environment, I just don’t see her winning in the general. Happy to be proven wrong but it’s Texas.
Pleas god NO. Let tallrico win. Crocket is DOA
Let’s take over Texas!!
Talarico seems like a good candidate, uses his Christianity to call for economic justice and call out corruption. Is he perfect, no, but he’s actually quite a good bit removed from the status quo Democratic candidate offerings in a way that should still be electable in his state.
Let the democratic process play out. I think based on favorables for her and Talarico, she’s not getting past the primary.