Divergence
Democratic primary turnout exceeded 2024 general election votes in five majority-Latino Texas counties
In five rural majority-Latino Texas counties, more votes were cast in the Democratic primary than for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. State Rep. James Talarico won the Senate primary over Rep. Jasmine Crockett, with strong support in Latino-majority counties. A Univision executive spoke at SXSW about Democrats needing to recalibrate their Latino outreach strategy.
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Axios
Politico
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Coverage
Axios
prescriptive advice for Democratic strategy
Democrats must recalibrate Latino outreach, Univision exec says at SXSW
Politico
optimistic electoral comeback narrative
Texas Latinos turned out in massive numbers for Democrats
Fact breakdown
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In five rural majority-Latino Texas counties, Democratic primary turnout exceeded 2024 general election votes for Harris
Rep. Greg Casar stated at SXSW panel and confirmed by Politico analysis
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James Talarico won Senate primary over Jasmine Crockett with strong Latino county support
Politico reported preliminary results showing 22-point margin in majority-Latino counties
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Univision executive Ignacio Meyer spoke about Latino voter strategy at SXSW
Axios reported from their SXSW event
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Trump received about 48% of Latino vote nationally in 2024
Axios cited this figure
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The five counties were Zapata, Kenedy, Jim Hogg, Reeves and Dimmit
Politico identified the specific counties