State Rep. James Talarico, who recently clinched the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, reportedly wiped all of the endorsements from his campaign page following his primary victory.
An archived version of Talarico’s campaign site featured support from the Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus, the 134 PAC—advocates for Rural Texas Democrats—Stonewall Democrats, Mothers Against Greg Abbott and the Waco chapter of Indivisible, among other Democratic groups, as well as endorsements from Texas news outlets, including the American-Statesman.
The latest version of Talarico’s page wiped all such endorsements off the site:
- The Austin American-Statesman
- The Houston Chronicle
- The Dallas Morning News
- The Austin Chronicle
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- State Tejano Democrats
- The Houston LGBTQ+ Caucus
- Asian American Democrats of Texas
- Texas Young Democrats
- Mothers for Democracy/Mothers Against Greg Abbott
- Hispanos y Chicanos Unidos
- The 134 PAC
- Plano Area Democrats
- Greater Heights Democratic Club
- Democrats of La Porte
- Richardson Area Democrats
- UT Austin University Democrats
- Bexar County Young Democrats
- NxNw Democrats
- Stonewall Democrats of Austin
- Hays County Young Democrats
- Texas Aggie Democrats East WilCo Democrats
- Wimberley Democrats
- Austin Young Democrats
- Pflugerville Area Democrats
- Liberal Austin Democrats
- Secular Houston
- Bay Area Democratic Movement
- Area 5 Democrats
- Austin Environmental Democrats
- Young Democrats of Denton County
- Preston Hollow Democrats
- Northeast Texas National Organization for Women
- Tarrant County Young Democrats
- Northeast Travis County Democrats
- Cowtown Democrats
- Coalition of Democratic Allies
- ACC Student Democrats
- Dripping Area Democrats
- Collin County Young Democrats
- Indivisible Waco
- Central Austin Democrats
- Wichita County Young Democrats
- Montgomery County Young Democrats
- Stonewall Democrats of El Paso
- Northeast Bexar County Democrats
- McKinney Area Democratic Club
- Pandhandle Young Democrats
- University of North Texas Democrats
- Texas College Democrats
Townhall, a conservative news site, first reported the scrubbing of the endorsements. Notably, the publication referred to support from the “most radical of Texas outlets” and “far-left organizations across the state.” The article also featured clips of Talarico’s past remarks that conservatives have widely used to criticize him in the wake of his primary win.
Is the move unusual?
University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus said it is technically true that the general election is a new cycle. Still, it is generally considered that candidate endorsements “blow through” from a primary…