In what is likely to be absolutely terrible news for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and great news for the embattled Republican Party, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is doubling down on her idea of running for Texas’s US Senate seat that is up for re-election in the 2026 election, saying that she thinks polling shows she can win.
For reference, migration has made Texas a somewhat more competitive state each election cycle, in what is likely bad news for Republicans over the long term. However, the state is still competitive and leans Republican, particularly when the Republican candidate is relatively good and the Democratic candidate bad. Given Crockett’s absurd demeanor and generally leftist views, her running would be a major win for the GOP.
In any case, Rep. Crockett appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” program on Sunday, November 22, and said during her appearance that polling has shown she could win the Senate seat in 2026. She would be challenging either the incumbent, a moderate Republican named John Cornyn, or the current Texas AG, Ken Paxton, who is far more popular with the MAGA base.
That came when the show host, Jake Tapper, asked her about it. He began, “So you are, we’re told, weighing a decision on whether to jump into this Texas Senate race challenging Republican Senator John Cornyn for his seat, although it’s unclear that Cornyn will survive a Republican primary.”
Continuing, he noted that she had been rumoured to have a meeting with pollsters, and asked how that went. He said, “You said you had a meeting this week with pollsters to discuss your chances. Did you have that meeting and if so, how did it go? Are you are you still thinking about running?”
That is when Rep. Crockett insisted that she could win and is still considering running, likely meaning that she is going to. Beginning, she said, “I am still thinking about running. We did get our polling back, so we are moving on to the next phase to determine whether or not this is what makes sense in the moment, and if the infrastructure can be built out in the way that I see it being necessary to actually be able to win as well.”
Responding, Tapper asked for more details, pressing her on what the data showed. He said, “What did the polling information that you got back show? I mean, is it a calculation of whether or not you’re going to be facing Cornyn, who might have more appeal to moderates in your state, centrists in your state, as opposed to a more MAGA candidate who potentially defeats Cornyn in the primary, that you might or any Democrat might have a better chance against?”
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Responding, Crockett insisted that she could beat Paxton or Cornyn, saying, “I’ll tell you this that head-to-head we are doing really well against Paxton. I will say that i will also tell you that we are actually within the margin of error as it relates to John Cornyn. So to be perfectly honest, the only reason that I’m continuing to consider whether or not I do this is because my polling says I can win.”
She added, “That is the bottom line. But at the end of the day, a poll is a poll. And so you need to actually be able to execute on that. So whether it’s Cornyn or whether it’s Paxton, we feel confident that we can get this done. The thing is, we obviously would prefer to have Paxton.”
Watch her here:
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video