Talarico Bests Crockett in Texas Senate Primary, Republicans to Runoff

Republicans, on the other hand, are headed for a runoff election on May 26 between incumbent Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (sorry Wesley Hunt, we hardly knew you .) Voters should expect nearly three more months of hack-n-slash political brawling to help them decide which model of Republican they think has the best chance of holding onto the Senate seat — or at least for President Donald Trump to decide which one he wants to endorse.

“We’re about to take back Texas,” the Talarico campaign said in a statement released after the race was called by major news networks. In a late night speech ahead of the call, Talarico told supporters in Austin that the tentative results were “proof that there is something happening in Texas tonight tonight” and that “the people of our state gave this country a little bit of hope, and a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.” In her concession, released via a social media statement on Wednesday morning, Rep.

Crockett said that she had called her opponent to congratulate him, and urged her supporters to rally behind his candidacy. “Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person,” she said. “This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track.

With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominees and win.”