Jasmine Crockett has spent 2025 grabbing national headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Now she’s making a move that has Democrats in full panic mode.
And Jasmine Crockett made one shocking announcement that could spell disaster for Texas Democrats.
Crockett eyes Senate run after redistricting debacle
Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett dropped a bombshell Wednesday when she told SiriusXM listeners she’s "strongly considering" a run for the U.S. Senate in 2026.
"Every other day, there’s a poll that comes out that makes it clear that I can win the primary for the U.S. Senate race in Texas," Crockett said.¹
The Dallas Democrat pointed to recent polling showing her with a six-point lead in the Democratic primary, sitting at 31 percent support.
But here’s what Crockett isn’t saying in public — this Senate play looks less like confidence and more like retreat mode.
Texas Republicans redrew congressional districts earlier this year, and Crockett’s current House seat got carved up in the process.
Her response? Classic politician calculation dressed up as righteous indignation.
"If you want to take my seat of 766,000 away, I feel like there has to be some karma in that to where I take your seat that is for 30 million away," she said.
Translation: Republicans outmaneuvered Democrats on redistricting, and now Crockett wants to frame a potential Senate run as payback instead of admitting her House seat became untenable.
Controversial record creates electability nightmare
Crockett’s decision to test the Senate waters comes after she spent most of 2025 generating controversy after controversy.
In March, she called wheelchair-bound Texas Governor Greg Abbott "Governor Hot Wheels" at a Human Rights Campaign dinner.²
When the backlash hit, Crockett claimed people misunderstood her — she was talking about the "planes, trains, and automobiles" Abbott used to transport illegal immigrants, not mocking his disability.
Nobody bought it.
Then came her incendiary comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination in September.
Days after the conservative activist was shot dead at Utah Valley University, Crockett defended calling Trump a "wannabe Hitler" and suggested the President bears responsibility for creating a "culture of violence."³
"I’ve literally never said anything to invoke violence," Crockett insisted — apparently forgetting she also said Attorney General Pam Bondi should investigate Elon Musk because she wanted to see him "taken down" and suggested Senator Ted Cruz should be "knocked over the head, like, hard."⁴
The White House wasn’t having it.
"Jasmine Crockett is the queen of divisive rhetoric and it’s despicable that she would try and point fingers at President Trump for the assassination of his dear friend, Charlie Kirk," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Newsweek.⁵
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg for Crockett’s 2025 greatest hits collection.
She compared ICE agents to slave patrols on MSNBC.
She referred to a murdered young woman killed by an illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member as a "random dead person."
She accused her colleague Byron Donalds of marrying a white woman to "whitewash" himself.
She attacked Marjorie Taylor Greene’s "bleach-blonde, bad-built, butch body" during a House hearing.
This is the track record Crockett wants to take statewide.
Democrats face impossible choice in Texas
Crockett made clear she’ll only jump into the Senate race if her team believes they can "expand the electorate."
"The question will be whether or not we believe that we’ve got enough juice to expand the electorate," she said.
"If we can expand the electorate, then I will strongly be considering hopping in the Senate race."
But Democrats are facing a brutal reality check in Texas.
The last Democrat to win statewide office in Texas? Bob Bullock in 1994 for lieutenant governor.
That’s over 30 years of Republican dominance.
And Crockett thinks she’s the one to break that streak?
Texas Republicans are licking their chops at the prospect.
The GOP Senate primary between incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton is already shaping up as a dogfight that will consume massive resources.⁶
But if Crockett emerges as the Democratic nominee, Republicans could save tens of millions they’d otherwise spend in a competitive general election.
Crockett’s favorability numbers tell the story — she’s built a national profile among progressives while alienating the moderate voters Democrats need to compete in Texas.
Former Congressman Colin Allred, who lost to Ted Cruz in 2024, is also considering another Senate run.
Allred performed better than Kamala Harris statewide and has crossover appeal Crockett lacks.
If Crockett forces a bitter primary fight between the party’s progressive and moderate wings, she could drain resources and leave the eventual nominee damaged for the general election.
State Representative James Talarico is another name Democrats are floating for the Senate race.
Add Crockett to that mix, and you’ve got a recipe for a circular firing squad in the Democratic primary while Republicans consolidate behind either Cornyn or Paxton.
The smart money says Crockett is using these Senate trial balloons to keep her options open after redistricting made her House seat less secure.
But if she actually pulls the trigger on a Senate run, she could hand Texas Republicans their easiest statewide victory in years.
Democrats haven’t said it out loud yet, but they’re starting to realize Jasmine Crockett running for Senate could be the worst thing to happen to their party in Texas since Beto O’Rourke decided to run for President.
¹ The Gateway Pundit, "Jasmine Crockett Says She’s ‘Strongly Considering’ Running for TX Senate Seat," October 22, 2025.
² Wikipedia, "Jasmine Crockett," Accessed October 23, 2025.
³ Newsweek, "Jasmine Crockett Rejects Violence Claims After Charlie Kirk Death," September 13, 2025.
⁴ Fox News, "Rolling Controversy: Far-left Dem Jasmine Crockett faces week of backlash amid ‘unhinged’ comments," March 30, 2025.
⁵ Ibid.
⁶ Emerson College Polling, "Texas 2026 Poll: Cornyn and Paxton in Dead Heat for GOP Senate Nomination," September 1, 2025.
