Jasmine Crockett’s most-watched TikTok clip is a five-second interview outside the U.S. Capitol. Someone asks the Democratic congresswoman from Texas what she would tell billionaire Elon Musk, and Crockett replies with a vulgar, two-word phrase. It’s been viewed 20.7 million times. James Talarico’s top TikTok video is 88 seconds from a speech in which the Texas state representative says billionaires, not minorities, are destroying America, adding that “the biggest division in our politics is not left versus right, it’s top versus bottom.” It’s been watched 15.5 million times. The two are facing off in the party’s U.S. Senate primary March 3, showcasing divergent approaches to harvesting a modern politician’s most precious resource — attention. Crockett feuds with President Donald Trump and other Republicans. Talarico calls himself a policy wonk and quotes the Bible. Whomever Democrats nominate will say a lot about what they see as their best strategy for breaking the Republican hold on the state and helping their long-shot effort to recapture the Senate majority. “I think their voting records would be identical, but their style of politics is very different, which is fascinating to
