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Former Vice President Kamala Harris recorded a robocall endorsing Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Democratic Senate primary, giving Crockett a high-profile boost as she faces state Rep. James Talarico and early voting winds down, signaling Harris’s political capital in a race that could affect Democrats’ control of the Senate.
Dallas U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett leads Austin state Rep. James Talarico by 12 points (56% to 44%) in the Texas Senate Democratic primary, per a University of Texas Texas Politics Project poll of 369 voters conducted Feb. 2–16 with a ±5.1-point margin; Crockett dominates among Black voters, seniors and voters without a college degree, while Talarico has a white-voter edge, and a January UT/Hobby School poll had Crockett ahead by 8 points. On the Republican side, Paxton and Cornyn were neck‑and‑neck, with other GOP races showing potential runoffs.
The Texas Democratic U.S. Senate primary between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico is heating up as early voting continues ahead of the March 3 primary. Talarico has gained national attention after CBS pulled his unaired interview with Stephen Colbert due to regulatory concerns, triggering a fundraising surge of about $2.5 million in 24 hours and boosting his profile. Crockett campaigns across Dallas–Fort Worth, arguing her federal experience, while both candidates chase momentum in a state where Democrats haven’t won a Texas Senate seat since 1988 and hope to build toward a November path to a majority.
Deadline reports that Stephen Colbert's interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico—meant for CBS but posted online—has drawn about 85 million views across YouTube and social platforms in 72 hours, led by the full 15‑minute clip with millions of views; Colbert’s YouTube page accounts for a large share of views while TikTok promotion drives engagement, and Talarico’s campaign says it raised about $2.5 million in response, all framed within broader media/political dynamics including regulatory actions and equal‑time rule discussions.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said enforcement action is underway against ABC’s The View after it featured James Talarico, a Democratic Senate candidate, raising questions about whether the show violated the Equal Time Rule; CBS/Colbert dispute the guidance, and new FCC remarks suggest talk shows may not automatically be exempt from equal-time restrictions, with Talarico’s fundraising noted but no final ruling yet.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr defended the agency’s role after Stephen Colbert said CBS blocked an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico over the FCC’s equal-time rule, insisting there was no censorship and highlighting ongoing debates about media trust and regulatory policy.
Stephen Colbert accused CBS of blocking his interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, calling the network’s denial “crap.” CBS says legal guidance indicated the broadcast could trigger FCC equal-time rules and offered alternatives. Colbert rejected the explanation, arguing the network should resist political pressure and noting long-standing exceptions for talk-show interviews, while the controversy unfolds as Talarico runs in the Texas Democratic Senate primary.
Late‑show host Stephen Colbert says CBS barred airing an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico due to potential FCC equal-time issues, a claim CBS disputes by saying it provided legal guidance and options to avoid triggering the rule for other candidates like Jasmine Crockett. The controversy unfolds amid renewed scrutiny of the FCC’s handling of political content on late-night shows and allegations of corporate influence on speech.
Stephen Colbert claims CBS barred his planned interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico to avoid triggering FCC equal-time rules; CBS says it followed legal guidance and offered options, with the clip eventually posted to YouTube, as Talarico campaigns for the U.S. Senate amid Texas early voting.
Stephen Colbert said CBS lawyers forbade having Texas state Rep. James Talarico on The Late Show or even explaining why the interview wouldn’t air, so he addressed the situation on air and urged viewers to watch the interview on the show’s YouTube page. He blasted FCC Chair Brendan Carr over a move to curtail the equal-time exception, argued the rule still matters for talk-show interviews, and accused Carr of partisan bias while noting CBS was enforcing the policy even as the interview exists online.
Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked him from interviewing Texas state representative James Talarico on The Late Show and even forbade mentioning the cancellation; he ties the incident to FCC guidance on the equal-time rule and notes he’ll post the full interview on YouTube, highlighting shifting enforcement of “bonafide news” exemptions for talk shows.
New public polling released Feb. 9 shows Republican Ken Paxton leading incumbent Sen. John Cornyn by 7 points and Democrat Jasmine Crockett leading state Rep. James Talarico by 8 points in Texas’ U.S. Senate primaries, with about 12% still undecided; early voting begins Feb. 17, and general-election matchups show little difference between parties.
A Texas Democratic Senate primary is roiled after influencer Morgan Thompson accused candidate James Talarico of calling former opponent Colin Allred a 'mediocre Black man,' a charge Talarico says mischaracterizes a private conversation about Allred's campaigning. He says the praise was for Crockett, not a racially charged attack. Allred pushed back, Crockett defended herself, and the episode underscores the racial dynamics shaping support in the Crockett-Talarico race as voters split along racial lines.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico will debate for an hour at the Texas AFL-CIO convention in Georgetown—the first debate in Texas’ 2026 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate—as early voting begins Feb. 17. The matchup spotlighted Crockett’s turnout-focused approach and Talarico’s faith- and populism-driven messaging, with polls showing Crockett leading on name/brand among Black voters and Talarico gaining traction in others, underscoring a high-stakes contest before the March 3 primary.
Emerson College’s poll of 413 likely Texas voters shows state Rep. James Talarico leading U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett by 9 points in the Democratic Senate primary (47% to 38%), with 15% undecided, marking a shift from a December TSU poll that put Crockett ahead. Talarico leads among Latino and white voters, while Crockett has strong backing from Black voters; Crockett’s Black-voter support stands around 80%. On the GOP side, Ken Paxton and John Cornyn are in a near dead heat (27% vs. 26%) with Wesley Hunt at 16%, suggesting a May runoff if no candidate clears 50% in March. The Emerson poll also finds head-to-head matchups that favor Cornyn or Hunt over Crockett but show Talarico narrowly ahead of the Republican field; Texas voters’ top concerns remain the economy, with immigration dropping to No. 2 and threats to democracy rising. Trump’s Texas approval rating has slipped to a net +2.