Unpacking the Texas Senate Primary w/ Higher Heights

Lurie Breaks It Down

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Lurie breaks down how Black voters can overcome systemic challenges through unity. With guest Aprill O. Turner from Higher Heights, we explore what it takes for Black women to win statewide races and why building our own community infrastructure matters now more than ever. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.
0:05.0	She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:11.7	She got to message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.
0:17.3	She's standing up to the evil in making sure that we all grow strong enough
0:22.5	To break these change we're in
0:24.2	They keep us in this painful condition
0:26.9	She gave us truth and division
0:29.5	That's why we listen
0:31.3	She break it down, down, down, down, down
0:34.6	Down, down
0:35.6	She break it down, down, down, down. She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:41.3	The red break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:45.3	I'm going to show you how James Tala Rico won the Texas primary in six counties,
0:50.3	and then I'm going to show you how Jasmine Crockett lost the Texas primary in five counties.
0:55.4	Talarico wins by 144,000 votes. Remember that number. James Talarico picked up the majority of his
1:01.5	lead in Austin in Travis County where he got a 112,000 vote lead on Jasmine Crockett because he
1:08.3	won by 163,000 votes to 51,000 votes. Austin is 8% black.
1:14.3	Then in Williamson, which is also about 8% black, Talarico picks up 28,000 vote lead over Crockett
1:21.2	where he gets 46,000 votes to her 18,000. In El Paso, majority Hispanic, he picks up another 17,000 votes. In Hildalgo, which is also
1:31.3	majority Hispanic, he picks up another 23,000 vote lead, 41,000 to 18,000. Crocket gets about 30%
1:39.1	of the Hispanic vote. In Hayes County, he's got a 15,000 vote lead, 24,000 to 8,000.
1:45.6	And in Webb County, he gets a 15,000 to 7,500 votes, which gives him a 7,000 vote lead.
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