"Crockett announced her Senate campaign at an event in Dallas, drawing parallels between her effort and Barack Obama's upstart 2008 presidential campaign. Her campaign played a video at the event featuring President Trump repeatedly referring to Crockett as a "low-IQ person." Driving the news: Her announcement came just hours after Texas Democrat Colin Allred said he was dropping out of the race, opting instead to run for a U.S. House seat."
"The big picture: As she considered a run, Crockett consistently cited polling suggesting she would be a frontrunner in the March 3 primary. "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," she said in October. The two-term congresswoman has made a name for herself on Capitol Hill through her bruising clashes with Republicans during committee hearings and viral social media moments."
"It's the in-your-face style of politics that Democratic voters are increasingly asking for in primaries. Between the lines: Texas' redrawn congressional maps leave three Dallas-area House Democrats with just two Democratic-leaning districts to run in. The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that Texas is allowed to use its new map -which adds five Republican-leaning seats- for the 2026 midterms. Allred said Monday that he would run for the redrawn 33rd congressional district."
Congresswoman Crockett launched a Senate campaign in Dallas and drew parallels to Barack Obama's 2008 upstart bid while her campaign played a video of President Trump calling her a "low-IQ person." Her announcement followed Texas Democrat Colin Allred's decision to leave the Senate race and seek a U.S. House seat in the redrawn 33rd district. Crockett cited polls that positioned her as a March 3 primary frontrunner and built a reputation on Capitol Hill for bruising clashes with Republicans and viral social media moments. Texas' new map, cleared by the Supreme Court, adds five Republican-leaning seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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