Crockett suggests she won’t campaign with Talarico, will focus ‘down ballot’

The Hill ^ | 8/28/26 | Julia Mueller

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said she will focus on “campaigning down ballot” in Texas, suggesting that she won’t campaign with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico after he defeated her in the party’s primary.

“We’ve seen the turnout that you can produce. Talarico might very well need that magnetism. Will you campaign with him?” CNN’s Laura Coates asked the congresswoman on Thursday.

“I will be campaigning down ballot,” Crockett said.

“Because when we’re looking at a state like Texas, we’ve tried this, where we’ve got one amazing candidate that’s running at the top of the ticket,” Crockett said, when asked why she drew the distinction.

She pointed to Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who came within a few points of ousting Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in 2018, as an example of a top-of-ticket candidate who was “raising all the money, doing all the things, running around the entire state, but it’s not enough.”

“And so for me, I think that making sure that people that maybe are getting overshadowed because it seems like it’s only about one big race, I think amplifying them, making sure that I can raise their profiles and introducing them to people, that’ll give something more to voters.”

Crockett, whose last-minute decision to enter the race for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat roiled the Texas political landscape, lost the Democratic primary to Talarico this spring. The popular congresswoman, known for her viral moments in the House, pledged to support his bid — but she’s since kept her distance from Talarico’s campaign.

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translation, “I’z doze’n wants ta give hims mo problems”

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She knows if he wins it ends any realistic chance of her ever being Senator.

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Butthurt Jazzy torpedoes Talarico, butthurt Cornyn torpedoes Paxton.