众议员贾丝明·克罗克特坚称她正在支持同为德克萨斯州民主党人的詹姆斯·塔拉里科，后者正在进行参议员竞选，克罗克特辩称她对下层选票的关注最终将有助于塔拉里科。
Rep. Jasmine Crockett insisted she is supporting fellow Texas Democrat James Talarico in his ongoing Senate bid, arguing her down ballot focus will ultimately help him.
据《休斯顿纪事报》报道，克罗克特周一在休斯顿的一次竞选活动中表示：“我已经背书他100次了。”当天是提前投票的第一天。
“I’ve endorsed him 100 times,” Crockett said during a stop in Houston on the first day of early voting Monday, the Houston Chronicle reported.
塔拉里科在德克萨斯州民主党初选中击败了克罗克特，现在正面对州检察长肯·帕克森（共和党）争夺一个参议院席位。8月，当被问及是否会与塔拉里科一起竞选时，克罗克特告诉CNN，她将专注于“为下层选票竞选”。
Talarico, who defeated Crockett in the Texas Democratic primary, is now facing off against state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for a seat in the Senate. In August, when asked if she would campaign with Talarico, Crockett told CNN she would focus on “campaigning down ballot” instead.
据《纪事报》报道，周一克罗克特在竞选活动中重申了她的下层选票议程，称“竞选名单顶端的人将受益”于她为提高民主党人在地方选举中的投票率所做的努力，例如莱蒂西亚·普拉默和阿利萨·西蒙斯竞选县法官。
On Monday, Crockett doubled down on her down ballot agenda, according to the Chronicle, saying during the campaign event “the top of the ticket is going to benefit” from her efforts to boost turnout for Democrats in local races, such as Letitia Plummer’s and Alisa Simmons’s county judge bids.
5月，这位民主党议员成立了“为个人权利到处加油”（Fuel Individual Rights Everywhere，简称FIRE）领导层政治行动委员会。当月晚些时候，她的政治行动委员会支持的所有五名德克萨斯州候选人均在各自的初选决选中获胜。
In May, the Democratic lawmaker launched the “Fuel Individual Rights Everywhere,” or FIRE, leadership political action committee. Later that month, all five Texas candidates backed by her PAC won their respective primary runoffs.
《华盛顿邮报》上个月报道，塔拉里科不在克罗克特的政治行动委员会背书的14名候选人名单中。其最新的背书名单包含50多名候选人，仍不包括塔拉里科。
The Washington Post reported last month that Talarico was not among the 14 candidates Crockett’s PAC had endorsed. Its latest list of endorsements, which has over 50 candidates, still does not include Talarico.
面对关于塔拉里科未被列入名单的批评，克罗克特在社交平台上转发了她向塔拉里科认输的帖子，并写道：“你们真土！我留有凭证。如果人们要么真正关心事实，要么新闻媒体重回新闻本身，而不是决定走小报路线，我会很高兴。现在第1000次了，也许写篇文章谈谈肯·他妈的·帕克森吧。你们听起来全像土气的跟班！”她上个月在X平台上写道。
When faced with criticism over Talarico’s absence from the list, Crockett reposted her concession to Talarico on social platform“Y’all are corny! I keep receipts. I’ll be happy when people either give a damn about FACTS or news media goes back to the news instead of deciding to ride the tabloid lane. NOW FOR THE 1000th time maybe write an article about KEN F*in PAXTON. Y’all all sound like corny groupie a– OPS!” she wrote on X last month.
上周发布的三项最新民调显示，在大选日前两周，塔拉里科以微弱优势领先帕克森。自1994年以来，没有民主党人赢得过德克萨斯州全州范围的选举。
Three recent polls released last week showed Talarico narrowly leading Paxton two weeks ahead of Election Day. No Democrat has won statewide Texas election since 1994.