Dallas voting confusion will hold up Democratic Senate results, Crockett says
The Democratic primary for Texas’ U.S. Senate seat won’t be decided Tuesday night, Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said at her campaign watch party in Dallas.
She cited what she called voter confusion in Dallas County and a decision by the State Supreme Court to staying a ruling out of Dallas that extended that county’s election day polling hours to 9 p.m.
The order says “votes cast by voters who were not in line to vote at 7 p.m. should be separated” from votes cast later in the night.
“I have no idea how clerks are going to know who got in line at what time,” Crockett said.
With 63% of the vote counted, state Rep. James Talarico leads Crockett with 51.8% of the vote to Crockett’s 46.9%, according to the Associated Press.
Knowing that Dallas County will have a large number of votes, Crockett said she believed the race would not be decided on Tuesday night.
“Unfortunately, this is what Republicans like to do,” Crockett said. “They specifically targeted Dallas County, and I think we all know why,” she said to shouts of agreement from the crowd.
Crockett told her supporters to enjoy themselves, but said she would not be back out to make remarks.
“This is why early voting matters,” said Reuben Lael, a Crockett supporter from Dallas County.
Lael talked about efforts to push more early voting to prevent the kind of issues voters in Dallas County faced on election day.
Some people like to vote on election day, said Dianne Clinkscale from Dallas, arguing that the county’s voters got cheated out their right on to vote.
Clinkscale said she supports Crockett bacecause she’s a fighter who will stand up to Republicans in contrast to Talarico.
“Kumbaya does not work with Republicans. They’re not interested,” she said.
This story was originally published March 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM.
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