General Discussion

But I see zero motivation for why republicans would be voting for Talarico *at this point.* Independents, sure. He has a lot of appeal with independents.

But republicans are definitely going to cross over and try to get Crockett through to the general. There is zero chance that red state Texas is electing a Black woman and everyone (except apparently posters on DU who aren't from Texas and are pushing this idea so hard) knows it. They saw what just happened with Taylor Rehmet, a blue collar democrat who just flipped a "safe red" Texas State Senate seat. With the right candidate at the right time, they could be in real trouble, and Talarico, especially if he's running against sleazy Paxton, could give them a run for their money.