[NY Post] Sorry, HoDemocratic Texas state legislator James Talarico emerged victorious Tuesday over loudmouth left-wing Rep. Jasmine Crockett following a ferocious US Senate primary marred in its final hours by allegations of voter suppression from both candidates.
With 91% of the expected vote tallied, Talarico, 36, had 52.9% compared to 45.7% for Crockett, 44, avoiding a bruising runoff campaign that would have lasted close to another three months.
"We’re about to take back Texas," proclaimed Talarico, who will face the winner of the May 26 Republican runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
"We are not just trying to win an election," Talarico told supporters in Austin before the race was called. "We are trying to fundamentally change our politics. And it’s working."
Texas voters have not elected a Democrat to the Senate since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.
Crockett’s campaign said she planned to sue over voting issues in Dallas and she spoke only briefly on Tuesday night to warn that "people have been disenfranchised."
Republicans had openly hoped Crockett would win, viewing her as the less electable candidate in the Nov. 3 midterms, while Talarico is believed to have more crossover appeal to independents.
"We’re cheering for Jasmine Crockett," Fox News host Sean Hannity said on air Tuesday evening while reading a results update from the Lone Star State.
Crockett and Talarico had each argued that they would be the stronger general election candidate in a state that backed President Trump by almost 14 percentage points in 2024.
Results were reported later than expected after voting was extended by two hours in Dallas County — Crockett’s home base — and Williamson County, outside Austin, after voters reported being turned away and directed to different voting precincts because of new primary rules.
Paxton’s office challenged the judge’s decision keeping the polls open longer, and the state Supreme Court ruled that ballots cast by people not in line by 7 p.m. CT should be separated from others.
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