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Dec 08, 2025

James Talarico Defeats Jasmine Crockett in U.S. Senate Primary in Texas

Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) on Tuesday night in the highly publicized race for the Democratic Senate primary in Texas.

Just before 3 a.m. ET, several news outlets called the race. After counting 84% of the votes, Talarico led Crockett by 53.2% to 45.5%.

Talarico will face the winner of the runoff election in May between Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Neither of them got a majority in Tuesday’s primary. President Donald Trump did not support either candidate in what has been a very bitter campaign.

Speaking to her supporters at an event just hours before the race was officially called, Crockett said she “ain’t finna concede tonight.”

“Hello, Dallas! How y’all feelin’? So, I just want to be clear, there’s a lot that took place, specifically in Dallas County. I’m sure you’ve been watching the returns, and None of the returns out of Dallas County are quite in yet. Dallas County should have the second-largest voter participation of any county in this state.

We don’t have any other results because there was a lot of confusion today. And, so you know, our Democratic Party Chair Kardal Coleman, he beat me to the punch as myself and Colin Allred, we’re about to file a lawsuit to keep the voting polls open,” Crockett said.

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