Talarico Calls Texas a Pink State, Blasts Voting Laws as Turnout Sits at 56.6%
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Updated · The Steve Harvey Morning Show · Aug 5
Talarico Calls Texas a Pink State, Blasts Voting Laws as Turnout Sits at 56.6%
3 articles · Updated · The Steve Harvey Morning Show · Aug 5
Summary
James Talarico said Texas is a “pink state” on The Breakfast Club, arguing Democrats must win by more than they would in a “free and fair election” because state rules “stack the deck.”
Senate Bill 1 was central to his critique: the law requires specific voter ID and bars drive-through voting and unsolicited mail-ballot applications, which he said suppress participation.
Texas posted 56.6% turnout in the last presidential election, but Talarico noted the state still ranks among the bottom five nationally, citing University of Florida Election Lab data.
The remarks sharpen a likely campaign fault line in the Texas Senate race, where Talarico is stressing grassroots organizing against better-known Republican Ken Paxton as debates over election security and voter access intensify.