Jasmine Crockett

Jasmine Crockett was born in St. Louis to Rev. Joseph Crockett and Gwen Crockett. She attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School and Rosati-Kain Academy. She graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Rhodes College. She attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University prior to graduating from the University of Houston Law Center in 2006 with a Juris Doctor. == Early career ==

From 2007 to 2010, Jasmine Crockett was an attorney for the Bowie County Public Defender's Office. In 2010, Crockett ran in the Bowie County district attorney race and lost. She was later elected to chair Bowie County's Democratic Party. In 2010, Crockett started her own law firm, Crockett Law PLLC, which operated until 2022. Her law firm represented victims of alleged police brutality. ==Texas House of Representatives (2021–2023)==

In 2019, after Eric Johnson vacated his seat in the Texas House to become mayor of Dallas, a special election was held on November 5 with a runoff on January 28, 2020, for the remainder of his term. Lorraine Birabil won. Crockett challenged Birabil in the 2020 Democratic primary. She narrowly defeated Birabil in a primary runoff, advancing to the November 2020 general election, which she won unopposed. She assumed office in January 2021. In the summer of 2021, Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives, including Crockett, organized a quorum-bust in an attempt to stop the passage of legislation they saw as restricting voting rights in the state. These representatives flew to Washington, D.C. to lobby the United States Senate to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act. Crockett supported maintaining the quorum break, however she returned to the state once quorum was reestablished and the legislation stalled in the Senate. Three bills she co-authored became law. These included legislation that eliminated or had the effect of eliminating certain in-court fees for recently incarcerated persons and also criminalized financial abuse of the elderly. == U.S. House of Representatives (2023–present) ==

, U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Crockett posed in 2021. Elections 2022 On November 20, 2021, incumbent representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas's 30th congressional district announced she would not seek reelection in 2022. Four days later, Crockett declared her candidacy for the seat. Johnson simultaneously announced that she was backing Crockett. Crockett received $2 million in financial support from Super PACs aligned with the cryptocurrency industry, with Sam Bankman-Fried's Protect Our Future PAC, and Web3 Forward giving each in support of her campaign. In the Democratic primary election, Crockett and Jane Hope Hamilton, an aide to U.S. representative Marc Veasey, advanced to a runoff election, which Crockett won. She then won the general election on November 8. Tenure Early in her term, Crockett served as the representative for the 35 newly-elected Democratic members and acted as a liaison between them and the House Democratic leadership. Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed by President Joe Biden, Crockett secured $510,000 in federal funding for infrastructure projects in Glenn Heights. Crockett has sponsored and co-sponsored legislation on legalizing fentanyl testing strips, supporting sustainable aviation fuel production, and offering additional employment protections for military spouses. She also introduced legislation to improve access to rural housing assistance and has supported proposals affecting Texas’s independent power grid. In a 2023 impeachment hearing for President Joe Biden, Crockett accused fellow congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans of hypocrisy. She claimed that those launching the impeachment inquiry, and those who brought forth charges against Biden, were ignoring documented evidence of President Donald Trump's own criminal offenses; she displayed photos from the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, depicting Trump storing classified documents inside a bathroom, to which she remarked, "These are our national secrets—looks like in the shitter to me." Crockett also served as a national co-chair of the 2024 Harris–Walz campaign. In 2025, she was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee. She later referred to Texas Governor Greg Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels” and a “Hot Ass Mess” during a speech at a Human Rights Campaign event. Crockett stated that the remarks referred to Abbott’s migrant transportation policies. Representative Randy Weber filed a resolution to censure her. Caucus memberships • Black Maternal Health Caucus • Congressional Black Caucus • Congressional Equality Caucus • Congressional Progressive Caucus • Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment • Congressional Ukraine Caucus Committee assignments ; Current • Committee on the Judiciary (2025–present) • Subcommittee on Oversight (Ranking Member) • Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2023–present; Vice Ranking Member, 2025–present) • Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (2025–present) • Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce (2023–2025) ; Past • Committee on Agriculture (2023–2025) • Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit • Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture • Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (2023–2025) == 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas ==

In December 2025, Crockett announced her bid for U.S. Senate in Texas in the 2026 election. In the Democratic primary, she faced state representative James Talarico and perennial candidate Ahmad Hassan. In February 2026, Crockett was criticized for seemingly using AI in a Super Bowl campaign advertisement, to generate a crowd of supporters. The criticism was first raised by Democratic strategist Keith Edwards, who claimed to have found a SynthID watermark in the ad, indicating the use of Google Gemini. Crockett's team did not confirm or deny the allegations. Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Crockett. On March 3, 2026, she lost the Texas Senate Democratic primary to Talarico. After her concession, Crockett released a statement calling for unity: "Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person. This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track. With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominees and win." In April 2026, Crockett stated that her future political plans include launching a road show to "to educate people about what it is that elected officials can do, should be doing and what they’re doing wrong.” ==Political positions==

Jasmine Crockett has been labeled as a progressive Democrat; however, she has personally distanced herself from the label, calling her positions "common sense". Abortion Crockett has voted against rescinding Title IX protections, limits on abortion-related coverage for service members, and funding for anti-abortion centers. According to crockett.house.gov, she consistently “pushes for federal legislation to protect the freedom and health of all women.” Congressional reform Crockett supports reform to the current filibuster rules in the Senate, including creating carveouts for certain categories of legislation like voting rights. Economy Crockett supports raising the national minimum wage of $7.25. In May 2025, Crockett voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Gun rights Crockett owns a firearm and is licensed to carry and supports a ban on assault weapons. She has said that private individuals owning assault weapons is "the equivalent of some of these people having a cannon... People literally have almost no chance of surviving when some of these weapons are used." Immigration and ICE enforcement In 2026, Crockett voted against funding the Department of Homeland Security and voiced support for impeaching homeland security secretary Kristi Noem. Israeli–Palestinian conflict Crockett's voting record on issues related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, including support for several pro-Israel resolutions and military aid measures during the Gaza war, has drawn criticism. Crockett frequently frames her position as supporting Israel's security while pushing for humanitarian protections and ceasefire language. Americans for Justice in Palestine Action has given her low marks on issue-based scorecards and have urged her to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. In August 2023, she attended a trip to Israel with other party members of congress to tour the Iron Dome, however the facts have been disoriented by the media. The trip taken to Israel was an educational seminar, in which they attended meetings with Israeli officials, and Palestinian officials including a lead peace activist, and entrepreneur Adnan Jaber. The trip itself was taken before the October 7th 2023 hamas attack, during August months before the conflict. The monetary details of the trip and the exact itinerary are also currently publicized and can be found here courtesy of the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Ethics. As for her position on the conflict (now war), it remains neutral with her explaining in a recent interview with TheGrio she intended to provide her standing on recent voting actions that many have disagreed with. The full interview article reported by TheGrio is listed here, where Crockett explains the breakdown of how voting decisions were made, as well as to clear any misunderstanding from the media that has distorted her intent to the general public. Track AIPAC has also characterized Crockett as having "a poor legislative record on Israel–Palestine issues". According to Track AIPAC, they claimed she allegedly received $86,112 from donors who also donated to pro-Israel lobby groups. Since her response to this in which she accused Track AIPAC of being "MAGA plants who are meant to disrupt and confuse". Track AIPAC.com no longer lists her as a recipient of the money, raising suspicion about the website and its overall credibility. Supreme Court Crockett supports expanding the number of justices on the court and the adoption of an enforceable code of ethics for the justices. Voting rights In 2023, Crockett reintroduced the Democracy Restoration Act in the house, which would restore voting rights to millions of convicts who have been released from prison. Crockett said that only federal legislation can prevent millions of Texans from being disenfranchised and warned the changes could affect upcoming midterm elections, including Governor Abbott's re-election race. == Electoral history ==

Crockett is a Baptist, and is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. ==See also==