As state Rep. James Talarico ramps up his outreach to Latino voters in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett is following suit with visits this week to a migrant detention center in Dilley and a campaign rally in the Rio Grande Valley.
With Election Day less than three weeks out, the two Democrats are increasingly courting the key voting bloc of Latino Texans, who make up about a third of the typical Democratic primary electorate. Public polling released Thursday found Talarico leading Crockett by 10 percentage points among Latino voters who are likely to vote in the March 3 primary, a far narrower margin than in earlier surveys.
Crockett, D-Dallas, on Wednesday visited an immigrant detention center in Dilley, about 70 miles south of San Antonio, amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The operation has prompted fierce backlash among Minnesotans and rare pushback from elected Republicans in Washington after federal agents fatally shot an ICU nurse during a confrontation.
