Crockett Edges Talarico by Double Digits in Texas Senate Dem Primary, UT Poll Finds

Dallas U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett leads Austin state Rep. James Talarico by 12 points (56% to 44%) in the Texas Senate Democratic primary, per a University of Texas Texas Politics Project poll of 369 voters conducted Feb. 2–16 with a ±5.1-point margin; Crockett dominates among Black voters, seniors and voters without a college degree, while Talarico has a white-voter edge, and a January UT/Hobby School poll had Crockett ahead by 8 points. On the Republican side, Paxton and Cornyn were neck‑and‑neck, with other GOP races showing potential runoffs.