The Texas Tribune - U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett leads state Rep. James Talarico by 8 percentage points in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released Friday.

The statewide survey, conducted by Texas Southern University from Tuesday through Thursday, found that 51% of likely Democratic voters planned to support Crockett in the March primary and 43% intended to vote for Talarico, with 6% of voters unsure.

The poll, which fielded 1,600 likely Democratic primary voters, is the first public survey conducted and released since Crockett jumped into the race — and former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred dropped out — on Monday, the candidate filing deadline. Crockett said she entered the race after seeing polling that showed she could win the general election in November regard

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