Former Vice President Kamala Harris recorded a robocall encouraging voters to assist Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for Senate in Texas, a supply acquainted with the matter mentioned.
Harris’ resolution to wade into the Democratic primary comes as Crockett is engaged in an more and more heated and contentious race in opposition to state Rep. James Talarico.
The Texas Tribune was first to report on Harris’ robocalls in assist of Crockett.
Crockett, who was a co-chair of Harris’ 2024 presidential marketing campaign, is a pal and longtime mentee of Harris. The congresswoman spoke on the 2024 Democratic National Convention in assist of Harris, and sought recommendation from the previous vp earlier than launching her Senate marketing campaign in December, a supply acquainted with the matter mentioned.
Harris’ workforce spoke with the congresswoman’s marketing campaign about how the previous vp might be useful in the ultimate stretch of the marketing campaign, the supply mentioned.
Harris has not weighed in on many Democratic contests, however when she has, it has been for candidates with whom she shares private connections.
Harris backed New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno in her marketing campaign in 2025. Moreno served as a co-chair of Harris’ first presidential marketing campaign in 2019. Harris has additionally endorsed Dan Koh, a White House aide throughout her time as vp, in his run for Congress in Massachusetts’ sixth Congressional District.
At the DNC in 2024, Crockett spoke of how Harris recommended her when she arrived in Congress, saying “When I first got to Congress, I wasn’t sure I made the right decision.”
“She saw right through me. She saw the distress. I immediately began crying,” Crockett mentioned. “And the most powerful woman in the world wiped my tears and listened. She then said, among other things, ‘You are exactly where God wants you.’”
Harris wrote about Crockett in her memoir, saying she was among the many “younger talents” in the celebration she needed to assist.