Harris backs Crockett in Texas Senate primary
Harris urged Democrats to vote for Crockett in the Texas Senate primary.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
Yahoo News is an established news platform, but this page appears to reproduce reporting associated with The Hill rather than present clearly independent reporting by Yahoo. The article attributes polling to DDHQ and identifies The Texas Tribune as the source of the reported robocall quotation.
- Source type — Established national news platform, though this story appears to be republished content.
- Transparency — The page identifies an author and names external sources for a quotation and polling.
- Editorial standards — The article uses attributed reporting and restrained language; independent Yahoo reporting is not apparent.
- Author attribution — An individual author is credited.
The report provides direct details about the endorsement and cites polling figures and a named news outlet for the robocall account. It is brief and offers little response or broader context, though it says offices were contacted for comment.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article gives the endorsement and polling context for both parties’ primaries, while providing limited response from the candidates or their campaigns.
- Source diversity — The story includes polling data, Harris’s recorded remarks, and background on the primary.
- Counterarguments presented — It says the offices were contacted for comment but includes no response from them.
- Loaded language — The reporting is largely measured, with partisan language confined to Harris’s quotation.
- Omitted context — The short report gives limited detail about the candidates’ positions or the basis of the polling.
The article reports the endorsement and polling in straightforward terms, without adopting a partisan position or using notably loaded language.
- Language tone — Mostly neutral descriptions and attributed quotations.
- Source selection — Polling figures and statements are attributed to named sources or speakers.
- Framing — The story focuses on an endorsement and the competitive primary, without evident ideological framing.
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374 stories · 77.6–78.1 · updated Oct 13, 2026
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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.
Harris recorded a robocall urging Democrats to vote for Crockett, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge for Sen. John Cornyn’s seat. Harris said Crockett could hold Donald Trump and his wealthy allies accountable and encouraged early or in-person voting. The article says the two have been political allies since Crockett worked on Harris’s 2024 campaign.
Polling averages cited by the article put Talarico and Crockett nearly even in the Democratic primary. It also describes the Republican primary as competitive, with Ken Paxton ahead of Cornyn and Wesley Hunt in the cited polling. The article says the Senate race is important to both parties’ efforts to control the chamber.
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- Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: 50% good look
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16 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Harris recorded a robocall endorsing Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Democratic Senate primary. Crockett is competing against James Talarico for the nomination. Left-leaning outlets present the endorsement as support for a candidate who could hold Trump accountable. Center outlets mainly report the endorsement and place it in the context of the primary race. Right-leaning outlets give more attention to possible Republican advantage and Harris’s political influence, though some describe the endorsement more straightforwardly.
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