Recent surveys from the Texas U.S. Senate race for the Democratic nomination indicate Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas is significantly leading Rep. James Talarico of Austin.
Remarkably, this contest is developing into a face-off reminiscent of Barack Obama versus Kamala Harris.
With the primary election set for this Tuesday, March 3, the competition is in its final stretch.
A University of Texas at Tyler survey, conducted from February 13 to 22, sampled 1,117 registered voters, including 959 likely voters, and reveals Crockett capturing 55 percent support compared to Talarico’s 37 percent. This margin is well beyond the poll’s 3.2-point margin of error.
Earlier, a late-January poll by the University of Houston showed Crockett leading by eight points.
Nonetheless, polling within this Democratic primary has presented some inconsistencies.
Another poll taken in January had Talarico up nine points. Oh, and a poll taken just last week had Talarico up twelve points.
So, who knows?
What we do know is that former Vice President Kamala Harris is doing robocalls for Crockett…
“Texas has the chance to send a fighter like Jasmine Crockett to the United States Senate,” the Harris robocall tells voters in Dallas. “Jasmine has the experience and record to hold Donald Trump and his billionaire cronies accountable.”
Harris ends the call with, “It’s time to turn Texas blue,” and then asks voters if they want fries with that.
For his part, back in October, Obama gave Talarico a boost:
“Talarico also has fans in the upper echelons of the party,” reports the Texas Tribune. “Former President Barack Obama called Talarico ‘a really talented young man’ during a podcast interview in October, a clip that Talarico’s campaign has promoted more recently.”
There’s little question most of the Democrat establishment wants to see Talarico win, believing he’ll have the best chance to defeat the Republican, who will either be incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn or Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (who’s leading in most polls). The strongest evidence of this is establishment toady Stephen Colbert, who made a fool of himself shilling for Talarico.
Earlier this month, on his basement-rated Late Show, Colbert lied about CBS telling him he could not have Talarico on as a guest. The truth is that CBS merely informed Colbert of the FCC’s longstanding “equal time” rule that would require Colbert — due to the closeness of the primary election — to also host Crockett.
Well, rather than host Crockett, Colbert invented a censorship lie and posted his interview with Talarico on YouTube. The ensuing publicity boosted Talarico’s profile, brought in millions in contributions, and allowed Colbert to continue to pose as a martyr when we all know he’s a failure, losing CBS $40 million per year.
