2026年4月9日 上午10:02 UTC / 路透社
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美国得克萨斯州联邦参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科2026年3月4日在得克萨斯州奥斯汀举行的初选之夜派对上发言。路透社/乔尔·安吉尔·华雷斯 资料图
芝加哥4月9日路透电 —— 由白人、受过大学教育的民主党人和拉美裔选民组成的联盟，上月帮助得克萨斯州州议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科赢得了联邦参议院民主党提名。但他能否在11月的选举中拿下这个席位，可能取决于一个他并未获得多少支持的群体：黑人选民。
塔拉里科是一名白人长老会神学院学生，他一直强调自己的基督教信仰，他击败了黑人议员贾斯敏·克罗克特。克罗克特对总统唐纳德·特朗普和共和党人的尖锐批评使其成为民主党中的知名人物。
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得克萨斯州自1994年以来就没有选出过全州范围的民主党官员，因此塔拉里科要想获胜，就必须赢得相当比例的克罗克特支持者的选票——其中一些选民感到被冒犯，因为塔拉里科的支持者质疑克罗克特与共和党对手相比的当选可能性。
尽管克罗克特后期参选时缺乏对手的竞选基础设施和筹款能力，但她的一些选民认为，“白人州议员比黑人女议员更具当选可能性”这种论调植根于种族主义和性别歧视。
“很多人对此感到不满，我个人也是如此，”州议员劳伦·阿什利·西蒙斯说，她所在的休斯顿选区包含多个历史悠久的黑人社区。“他们必须付出努力，投入资源接触黑人选民，让他们感受到自己是这场竞选的核心和一部分。”
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据路透社分析，塔拉里科在初选中获得121万张选票，而克罗克特获得107万张，但在该州15个适龄投票公民中黑人占比至少五分之一的县，克罗克特以57%对42%的优势轻松击败塔拉里科。
得克萨斯州民主党战略家达拉斯·琼斯认为，塔拉里科不需要黑人选民“压倒性地支持”，但他必须确保这些选民不会待在家里不投票。
“没有得克萨斯州黑人的支持，他不可能赢得这个州，”
Texas Democrat Talarico faces tough test with Black voters in Senate race
2026-04-09 10:02 AM UTC / Reuters
By Bianca Flowers and Nolan D. McCaskill
April 9, 2026 10:02 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate for Texas, James Talarico, speaks during his primary election night party in Austin, Texas, U.S., March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
CHICAGO, April 9 (Reuters) – A coalition of white, college-educated Democrats and Latino voters delivered Texas state Representative James Talarico the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate last month. But his chance of winning the seat in November may hinge on a group that he did not capture much support from: Black voters.
Talarico, a white Presbyterian seminarian who has emphasized his Christian faith, defeated U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Black woman whose sharp criticism of President Donald Trump and Republicans made her a prominent figure in the party.
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Texans haven’t elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, so for Talarico to get there, he’ll have to win over a significant percentage of Crockett’s voters, some of whom felt slighted by his supporters questioning her electability versus a Republican in November.
While Crockett’s late bid lacked the campaign infrastructure and fundraising abilities of her opponent, some of her voters saw the notion that a white state representative was more electable than a Black congresswoman as rooted in racism and sexism.
“A lot of people took offense to that. Me personally included,” said state Representative Lauren Ashley Simmons, whose Houston district includes several historically Black neighborhoods. “They have to do the work to invest resources in reaching Black voters and making them feel centered and a part of this campaign.”
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Talarico received 1.21 million votes in the primary compared to Crockett’s 1.07 million, but in the 15 counties in the state where at least one in five voting-age citizens identify as Black, Crockett handily beat Talarico, 57% to 42%, according to a Reuters analysis.
Dallas Jones, a Texas Democratic strategist, believes Talarico doesn’t need an “overwhelming surge” of support from Black voters, but he does need to make sure they don’t stay home.
“He cannot win this state without the support of Black Texans,
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