{"id":2575843,"date":"2026-03-03T23:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-warns-dallas-county-vote-dispute-may-delay-texas-senate-results\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T23:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:55:43","slug":"crockett-warns-dallas-county-vote-dispute-may-delay-texas-senate-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-warns-dallas-county-vote-dispute-may-delay-texas-senate-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Crockett warns Dallas County vote dispute may delay Texas Senate results"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrockett-warns-dallas-county-vote-dispute-may-delay-texas-senate-results%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep.Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said that confusion over Dallas County\u2019s polling hours is likely too delay the Texas Senate Democratic primary results. The dispute centers on whether voting could be extended to 9 p.m. Central time; the Texas Supreme Court, at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, halted that extension and directed officials to separate ballots cast by voters who were not in line by 7 p.m. Crockett warned that election workers will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >face logistical challenges determining eligibility<\/a>, since voters already in line by 7 p.m. are typically allowed to vote. Because Dallas County is expected to produce a large share of Democratic votes, the overall outcome may not be known tonight and could be delayed until Wednesday. she accused Republicans of targeting the county and said some voters have already been disenfranchised. The primary is seen as an important early test for Democrats in Texas,a state that has not elected a Democratic U.S. senator since 1988.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Crockett says Dallas County voting dispute could delay Texas Senate primary results<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2522003\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jasmine-crockett\/\">Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) <\/a>told supporters Tuesday night that confusion over voting hours in Dallas County will likely prevent the race for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4479352\/texas-democrats-dallas-county-precinct-voting\/\">Texas&rsquo;s <\/a>Democratic Senate primary from being called Tuesday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at her watch party, Crockett said legal disputes over polling hours and a late ruling from the Texas Supreme Court had complicated the vote count in one of the state&rsquo;s largest counties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4479480\/dallas-police-arrest-man-ken-paxton-election-party\/\">Dallas police arrest man outside Ken Paxton election night watch party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4479311\/roy-cooper-michael-whatley-north-carolina-senate-race\/\">North Carolina primary sets up Roy Cooper vs. Michael Whatley in pivotal Senate race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4479352\/texas-democrats-dallas-county-precinct-voting\/\">Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-judge-extends-voting-hours-in-luzerne-county-due-to-paper-shortage\/\" title=\"PA Judge Extends ... In Luzerne ... Due To Paper Shortage\">extended voting hours<\/a> in Dallas County<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-supreme-court-breathes-new-life-into-key-part-of-kari-lakes-election-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Arizona Supreme Court Breathes New Life Into Key Part of Kari Lake\u2019s Election Lawsuit\">high court granted<\/a> a request from Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt a Dallas County judge&rsquo;s order that would have extended voting hours to 9 p.m. Central time. The court directed election officials to separate ballots cast by anyone who was not already in line by 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett said the ruling could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushes-far-ahead-of-us-in-restricting-social-media-for-minors\/\" title=\"China leads in restricting social media for minors, surpassing the US.\">create logistical challenges<\/a> for election workers trying to determine which voters qualified.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have no idea how it is that clerks are going to know who was in line by what time,&rdquo; Crockett said, noting that voters already in line by 7 p.m. are typically allowed to cast ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Because Dallas County is expected to produce a large share of Democratic votes, Crockett said the dispute could delay the overall outcome of the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What this means is that we will not know what votes are to be tallied from election day out of Dallas County for sure,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;In my opinion, we will not know the election results overall tonight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Crockett also accused Republicans of targeting the heavily Democratic county with the legal challenge and said some voters had already been affected by the confusion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can tell you now that people have been disenfranchised,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She told supporters she would not return to the stage later in the evening because the timing of the results remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I won&rsquo;t be back tonight because I have no idea when we&rsquo;re going to get results,&rdquo; Crockett said, adding that she expects the outcome may not be clear until Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4479352\/texas-democrats-dallas-county-precinct-voting\/\"><strong>TEXAS DEMOCRATS SAY DALLAS COUNTY VOTERS BEING &lsquo;TURNED AWAY&rsquo; OVER PRECINCT VOTING RULE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The primary is expected to mark Democrats&rsquo; first major Senate battleground of the 2026 cycle and will offer an early test of whether the party can break a decadeslong statewide losing streak. Democrats have not won a Senate race in Texas since 1988, and the contest is expected to underscore sharply different theories about how to expand the map in a state that President Donald Trump carried by nearly 14 percentage points in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas vote dispute could delay TX Senate primary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2575844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26063125747081.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6571,3694,4351],"class_list":["post-2575843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-elections","tag-texas","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26063125747081.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575843"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575847,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575843\/revisions\/2575847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}