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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Kayla Guo

In Senate Democratic primary fraught with racial tensions, Black voters could be decisive

Just a month into his Democratic campaign for U.S. Senate, a public poll put state Rep. James Talarico ahead among white and Latino voters in a head-to-head matchup against his then-rival, former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred.

A campaign consultant posted a screenshot of the news on Oct. 9 — but cropped out the results among Black voters, who favored Allred by a more than 2-to-1 margin.

State Rep. Venton Jones, D-Dallas, was searing.

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