04 March 2026

It's Primary Night

Just a quick run-down:

  • Texas Senate: James Talerico has defeated Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, and Cornyn and Paxton are headed for a runoff on the Republican side. (Texas rules require a runoff if a candidate does not secure an absolute majority of the votes.)
  • US Congress TX-2: Incumbent Dan Crenshaw, who is definitely nuts, lost the primary to the even nuttier Steve Toth.
  • US Congress TX-23: Incumbent Tony Gonzales and Gun Tuber Brandon Herrera are almost tied, and are headed to a runoff.  What makes this race interesting is that married with 6 children Gonzalez had an affair with one of his staffers, harassed her repeatedly, and she committed suicide by setting herself on fire.  Herrera, on the other hand has political positions, particularly with regard to gun laws that are repugnant to me, but he is very entertaining on YouTube.
  • US Congress NC-4:  A very close rematch (Yet to be called) between incumbent Valerie Foushee, and Nida Allam.  Of note here is that AIPAC and AI datacenter money was a big factor, and Foushee promised not to take money from them, but received support from a related stealth PACs.  (More on that later)

Here's hoping that further developments give the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment) some major heartburn.

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