Overview
- Crockett told SiriusXM’s The Lurie Daniel Favors Show she is strongly considering running for the U.S. Senate from Texas.
- She said her decision hinges on internal testing of turnout expansion and on whether she believes she can win a general election.
- A University of Houston/Texas Southern University poll this month shows her leading likely Democratic primary voters at about 31%.
- Republicans passed a midcycle congressional map signed by Gov. Greg Abbott that adds five GOP-leaning House districts and could move her out of her current seat, with a court ruling still pending.
- The Democratic field is crowded as Republicans face an unsettled primary in which Sen. John Cornyn is challenged by Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt.