Texas Republicans have suffered a double blow, as a new survey suggests Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is polling ahead of both potential GOP candidates. Last week, state Representative Talarico won the state's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, beating Representative Jasmine Crockett with 53 percent of the vote to Crockett's 45.7 percent, according to the Associated Press. Talarico, first elected in 2018, is a moderate focused on economic populism and broad voter appeal.