Black Voters Aren’t Democrats’ Safety Net: Nia-Malika Henderson

Two recent election results have Black voters, strategists and activists talking. One is the Senate Democratic primary in Texas, which saw Representative Jasmine Crockett lose pretty handily to James Talarico, a White candidate who is centrist in bearing if not in policy. The other is the Senate Democratic primary in Illinois, which saw Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton beat a crowded and diverse field that included another Black female candidate, a victory that almost certainly puts Stratton on a path to become the third Black person elected to serve in the upper chamber from the Land of Lincoln. (There have only ...