Talarico ran a campaign. Jasmine Crockett ran a partial one (at best). Tonight's result might not be much more complicated than that.
On how Talarico overcame a 17-point deficit in December and won the Texas Senate Democratic primary, w/ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social
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NEW: Talarico has an edge with Latino voters in Texas.
Crockett has an edge with Black voters.
If a Democrat wants to win a primary in Texas, they’re going to need both.
My reporting:
www.notus.org/campaigns/cr...
NEW:
I spent last week in Texas, crisscrossing the Lone Star State to hear from all three Senate GOP primary candidates — John Cornyn, Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt — to hear their closing message of their campaigns in what's become a very nasty primary.
www.notus.org/campaigns/in...
I'm in Texas this week covering both competitive Senate race primaries.
My latest: www.notus.org/campaigns/ja...
NEW: I spoke with Dems about what a DHS shutdown could mean for changes at ICE and CBP.
“The stakes are quite high,” @aoc.bsky.social said. “This is a significant moment..."
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
🧵House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Mark Amodei begins hearing on DHS funding saying "a shutdown has gone from a distinct possibility to a probability."
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NEW: I spent time with centrist Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar in his district. We spoke at length about his pardon, his re-election bid, and how he sees the border security debate in this party.
Read it here: www.notus.org/campaigns/it...
NEW: I wrote about how Renee Good’s death has reignited the long-standing debate within the party about how to navigate the politics of immigration in a Trump administration
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
new, with @daniellamicaela.bsky.social!
Since winning in 2022, the Crockett has won national acclaim among liberals for her critical commentary of Republicans. But her record, affiliations and campaign contributors tell a different story about her ideological POV
www.notus.org/2026-electio...
NEW with @alexroarty.bsky.social:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s affiliations and campaign contributors tell a unique story about her ideological point of view, one now under scrutiny in her closely watched primary with Texas state Rep. James Talarico.
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New: Trump’s pardon could keep House Republicans up at night.
www.notus.org/campaigns/tr...
NOTUS’ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social discusses what Republicans’ heavy investments in the Tennessee special election might mean for the party come midterms.
New:
Few on Capitol Hill think current talks about extending ACA subsidies will actually result in a bipartisan deal prior to Dec. 31, when they are set to end, causing premiums to skyrocket.
www.notus.org/congress/hea...
NOTUS’ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social unpacks the U.S. special envoy’s trip to Russia this week.
DHS announced plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 330,000 Haitians saying their continued protection would be “contrary to the national interest" of the U.S.
The policy is set to go into effect Feb. 3. barring future hold ups in court.
www.notus.org/immigration/...
From last night:
Most Republican lawmakers insisted to NOTUS that they had planned to vote “yes” to release the Epstein files all along.
www.notus.org/republicans/...
NEW with @ursulaperano.bsky.social:
Democrats have a messaging conundrum — for a party that’s still reeling from 2024 losses and that swore to voters that they would not fold without tangible concessions on health care from Republicans.
www.notus.org/democrats/de...
with @rileyrogerson.bsky.social
NEW: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a new batch of emails from the Jeffrey Epstein estate that showed the convicted sex offender discussing President Donald Trump, and alleged he spent time at Epstein’s home with a victim of sex trafficking.
www.notus.org/donald-trump...
New: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn’t vote for the government funding deal. He’s bearing the brunt of the blame anyway.
via @ursulaperano.bsky.social & @daniellamicaela.bsky.social
www.notus.org/democrats/sc...
New: Schumer has been actively distancing himself from the legislation end the shutdown.
But for many Democrats, that’s not enough, and he’s bearing the brunt of the blame for allowing it to happen in the first place.
www.notus.org/democrats/sc...
New: I wrote about how much messier negotiations could get to end the government shutdown if there’s not a deal before Nov. 1
(and — it looks like there probably won’t be)
www.notus.org/congress/whe...
NEW from me: Rank-and-file Democrats have long questioned whether @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov would be able to form an aggressive-enough opposition to President Donald Trump and Republicans.
Will their bet this time around pay off?
www.notus.org/congress/sch...
Two separate instances today I witnessed:
1) Johnson debate the government shutdown and Epstein files with Sens. Kelly and Gallego
2) Jeffries debate Affordable Care Act subsidies and the Republican tax bill with Lawler
www.notus.org/congress/mik...
The reelection campaign of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C., is nearly broke as she faces a slate of Democratic primary challengers and questions about her political future.
@taylorgiorno.bsky.social
Another day, same shutdown
Democrats say that Johnson hasn’t sworn in Grijalva to prevent her from signing the Epstein discharge petition - it’s currently at 217 signatures.
Rules Chair Virginia Foxx is doing today’s pro forma session.
Rules ranking member Jim McGovern is on the floor and will call for unanimous consent for Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Adelina Grijalva.
It’s Wednesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social and the US government has shutdown. The latest, and much more, with:
☀️ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social
☕️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
🌅 Rep. Debbie Dingell
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