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Harris backs Crockett in Texas Senate primary

Crockett is running for the Democratic Senate nomination and received Harris’s endorsement.

Harris backs Crockett in Texas Senate primary
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Rep. Jasmine Crockett in Texas’s competitive Democratic Senate primary, urging voters to support her in a robocall. Crockett is running against James Talarico, and polling cited in the article shows the race is close.

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Jasmine Crockett D · TX-30
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Representative and Democratic Senate candidate endorsed by Kamala Harris

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Kamala Harris
Former U.S. Senator (D-CA)

Former vice president who endorsed Crockett

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State representative and Democratic Senate candidate opposing Crockett

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President of the United States, mentioned in Harris’s appeal and in the Republican primary context

Wesley Hunt
R · TX-38

Representative and Republican Senate candidate

Ken Paxton
R · TX

Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Texas senator whose seat is being contested

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Kamala Harris Urges Voters to Support Jasmine Crockett in Texas Primary

Kamala Harris endorsed Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Democratic Senate primary, using a robocall to urge voters to support her. Left-leaning outlets present the endorsement as a high-profile boost and highlight Harris’s call for Crockett to hold Trump accountable. Center outlets largely treat it as a campaign development in a competitive primary, adding polling and campaign context. Right-leaning outlets frame it as a potential advantage for Republicans, with some criticizing Harris and Crockett.

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