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Jasmine Crockett Says She’s Weighing Texas Senate Bid After GOP Map Imperils Her House Seat

She says she will decide after testing whether she can expand the electorate enough to win statewide.

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.