Jasmine Crockett
American politician (born 1981)
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Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 30th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.
March 29, 1981
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 30th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Eddie Bernice Johnson |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 100th district | |
| In office January 12, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Lorraine Birabil |
| Succeeded by | Venton Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jasmine Felicia Crockett March 29, 1981 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Rhodes College (BA) Texas Southern University (attended) University of Houston (JD) |
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| Website | House website Campaign website |
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Crockett graduated from Rhodes College with a Bachelor of Arts and from the University of Houston Law Center with a Juris Doctor. Afterward, she was a public defender in Bowie County, Texas, and later formed her own law firm. She was elected to the Texas House in 2020, succeeding Lorraine Birabil. In 2026, Crockett was a candidate in the U.S. Senate election in Texas, losing the Democratic primary to state representative James Talarico.
Early life and education
Crockett was born in St. Louis to Rev. Joseph Crockett and Gwen Crockett.[1] She attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School and Rosati-Kain Academy.[2] She graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Rhodes College.[3] 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.[4]
Early career
From 2007 to 2010, Jasmine Crockett was an attorney for the Bowie County Public Defender's Office.[5] In 2010, Crockett ran in the Bowie County district attorney race and lost. She was later elected to chair Bowie County's Democratic Party.[6] In 2010, Crockett started her own law firm, Crockett Law PLLC, which operated until 2022. Her law firm represented victims of alleged police brutality.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9][10]
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.[11] 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.[12] Crockett supported maintaining the quorum break, however she returned to the state once quorum was reestablished and the legislation stalled in the Senate.[13][14]
Three bills she co-authored became law.[7] 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.[15][16]
U.S. House of Representatives (2023–present)
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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.[17] Four days later, Crockett declared her candidacy for the seat. Johnson simultaneously announced that she was backing Crockett.[18][19] 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 $1 million each in support of her campaign.[20][21] In the Democratic primary election, Crockett and Jane Hope Hamilton, an aide to U.S. representative Marc Veasey, advanced to a runoff election,[22] which Crockett won.[23] She then won the general election on November 8.[24]
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.[25] 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.[26]
Crockett has sponsored and co-sponsored legislation aimed at legalizing fentanyl testing strips,[27] and offering additional employment protections for military spouses.[28] She also introduced legislation to improve access to rural housing assistance[29] and has supported proposals affecting Texas’s independent power grid.[29][30]
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."[31][32]
Crockett also served as a national co-chair of the 2024 Harris–Walz campaign.[33]
In 2025, she was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee.[34]
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 denied that the comment had to do with Abbott's condition, instead saying that it referenced the "planes, trains, and automobiles" he used to transfer migrants to Democratic communities.[35] Representative Randy Weber filed a resolution to censure her.[36]
Caucus memberships
Committee assignments
- Current
- Committee on the Judiciary (2025–present)
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2023–present; Vice Ranking Member, 2025–present)
- Past
- Committee on Agriculture (2023–2025)
- 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.[44] In the Democratic primary, she faced state representative James Talarico and perennial candidate Ahmad Hassan.[45][46] 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.[47] Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Crockett.[48] On March 3, 2026, she lost the Texas Senate Democratic primary to Talarico.[49] 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."[50][51]
Political positions
Crockett has been labeled as a progressive Democrat; however, Crockett has personally distanced herself from the label, calling her positions "common sense".[52][53]
Abortion
Crockett has voted against rescinding Title IX protections, limits on abortion-related coverage for service members and funding for anti-abortion centers.[54]
Congressional reform
Crockett supports reform to the current filibuster rules in the Senate, including creating carveouts for certain categories of legislation like voting rights.[55][56]
Criminal justice
As a Texas state representative, Crockett proposed a law that would allow people facing nonviolent misdemeanors to receive citations instead of jail time. She also filed bills that she said would minimize police contact with Black and brown people and save them from "unreasonable uses of force".[57][58]
Economy
Crockett supports raising the national minimum wage of $7.25.[59]
Gun rights
Crockett owns a firearm, 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."[60]
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.[61]
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Crockett has faced criticism for voting in support of funding military aid to Israel and for her trip to Israel with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Israel Defense Forces during her first term.[62][63]
Supreme Court
Crockett supports expanding the number of justices on the court and the adoption of an enforceable code of ethics for the justices.[55][56]
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.[64] 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Lorraine Birabil (incumbent) | 4,566 | 29.3 | |
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 4,030 | 25.9 | |
| Democratic | Sandra Crenshaw | 2,944 | 18.9 | |
| Democratic | Daniel Davis Clayton | 1,665 | 10.9 | |
| Democratic | James Armstrong III | 1,315 | 8.5 | |
| Democratic | Paul Stafford | 1,046 | 6.7 | |
| Total votes | 15,566 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 5,171 | 50.4 | |
| Democratic | Lorraine Birabil (incumbent) | 5,081 | 49.6 | |
| Total votes | 10,252 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 45,550 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 45,550 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 26,798 | 48.5 | |
| Democratic | Jane Hope Hamilton | 9,436 | 17.1 | |
| Democratic | Keisha Williams-Lankford | 4,323 | 7.8 | |
| Democratic | Barbara Mallory Caraway | 4,277 | 7.7 | |
| Democratic | Abel Mulugheta | 3,284 | 5.9 | |
| Democratic | Roy Williams | 2,746 | 5.0 | |
| Democratic | Vonciel Hill | 1,886 | 3.4 | |
| Democratic | Jessica Mason | 1,858 | 3.4 | |
| Democratic | Arthur Dixon | 677 | 1.2 | |
| Total votes | 55,285 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 17,462 | 60.6 | |
| Democratic | Jane Hope Hamilton | 11,369 | 39.4 | |
| Total votes | 28,831 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 134,876 | 74.72 | |
| Republican | James Rodgers | 39,209 | 21.72 | |
| Independent | Zachariah Manning | 3,820 | 2.12 | |
| Libertarian | Phil Gray | 1,870 | 1.04 | |
| Write-in | Debbie Walker | 738 | 0.41 | |
| Total votes | 180,513 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 43,059 | 91.5 | |
| Democratic | Jarred Davis | 3,982 | 8.5 | |
| Total votes | 47,041 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 197,650 | 84.9 | |
| Libertarian | Jrmar Jefferson | 35,175 | 15.1 | |
| Total votes | 232,825 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James Talarico | 1,212,832 | 52.4 | |
| Democratic | Jasmine Crockett | 1,068,992 | 46.2 | |
| Democratic | Ahmad Hassan | 30,762 | 1.3 | |
| Total votes | 2,312,586 | 100.0 | ||
Personal life
She is a Baptist Christian and a member of the Friendship-West Baptist Church.[66]
Crockett is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.[67]
