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What Can the Texas Primary Tell Us About Democrats?

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The Atlantic

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.3 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This week, the Atlantic staff writer Elaine Godfrey was covering a campaign rally in Texas when she was ushered out. Elaine has been covering national politics for years, and has been turned away before—but that usually happens only at Trump rallies.This time, she was turned away by the staff of a Democrat running in the Texas Senate primary. The Atlantic’s Adam Harris talks with Godfrey about her experience and what to know about the Texas primaries.  Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Atlantic subscribers also get access to exclusive subscriber audio in Apple Podcasts. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/Listener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There once was a woman who lived in a shoe.

0:03.0

A size too snug, but what could she do?

0:06.0

But that's not where her story ends.

0:08.0

Thanks to a little help from her Experian friends,

0:11.0

she got her score into much better shape

0:13.0

and relocated to a box fresh new place,

0:16.0

with room to grow and a mortgage to suit.

0:19.0

Now, she lives in a spacious four-bedroom cowboy boots.

0:23.3

Better your Experian credit score to help get mortgage ready. Experian, better your score,

0:28.7

better your story.

0:35.6

The Texas Senate primaries are drawing national headlines.

0:39.2

You may have heard of the Democratic candidates.

0:41.3

Representative Jasmine Crockett, who spat with Marjorie Taylor Green in 2024, lit up social media.

0:47.2

If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody's bleached blind, bad-built,

0:53.4

butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?

0:56.9

A what now?

0:58.4

Or James Tolrico, who was recently interviewed by Stephen Colbert.

1:02.5

An interview Colbert said CBS tried to bar him from airing.

1:07.0

I think that Donald Trump is worried that we're about to flip Texas.

1:11.6

Both candidates would have a big hill to climb.

1:14.6

No Democrat has won a statewide election in Texas since 1994,

1:18.6

and promising candidates from Beto O'Rourke to Wendy Davis have tried and failed to change that fact.

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