Democrat drops out of Texas Senate race as Jasmine Crockett rumors swirl

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Former Home Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, is dropping out of the Lone Star State's Senate race, he introduced on Monday.

Allred's announcement comes as rumors swirl about progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, probably entering the fray as quickly as late Monday afternoon.

"l've come to consider {that a} bruising Senate Democratic major and runoff would forestall the Democratic Celebration from going into this important election unified in opposition to the hazard posed to our communities and our Structure by Donald Trump and one among his Republican bootlickers [Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, or Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas]," Allred mentioned in an announcement.

"That is why l've made the tough choice to finish my marketing campaign for the U.S. Senate."

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Then-Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, arrives on the U.S. Capitol for the final votes of the week on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photos)

Allred mentioned he would as an alternative run within the newly-redrawn thirty third Congressional District in Texas, which is at the moment represented by Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, underneath previously-created boundaries.

It is not clear but the place Veasey will run for re-election in 2026, however Allred is already anticipated to face a major in opposition to present Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas. Johnson is switching districts to run within the newly-redrawn thirty third, which now consists of extra of Dallas County whereas slicing out areas of close by Tarrant County.

"The thirty third district was racially gerrymandered by Trump in an effort to additional rig our democracy but it surely's additionally the group the place I grew up attending public faculties and watching my mother wrestle to pay for our groceries," Allred mentioned.

Allred, a university soccer star at Baylor College who went on to play linebacker with the Tennessee Titans within the Nationwide Soccer League (NFL) and later labored as a civil rights lawyer, was first elected to the Home in 2018, flipping a pink seat. He received re-elections in his Dallas space district in 2020 and 2022.

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Rep Jasmine Crockett speaks throughout the Will not Again Down occasion at The Van Buren on August 3, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona (John Medina/Getty Photos for MoveOn)

Because the Democrats' 2024 Senate nominee in Texas, Allred aimed to dethrone GOP firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. However Allred ended up losing to Cruz by 8 factors in final yr's election, in a Senate race that was some of the costly within the nation.

Allred launched a second straight bid for the Senate in July.

However Allred did not have the Democratic area to himself for lengthy. James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker from Texas with a surging nationwide profile, jumped into the Lone Star State's high-profile Senate race in September.

In the meantime, the Dallas Morning News first reported on Sunday evening that Crockett would launch a bid for Senate after dealing with her personal powerful Home race selections following the GOP's redraw of Texas' congressional map.

She is anticipated to make an announcement about her political future at 5:30 p.m. ET on Monday. Candidates in Texas have till Monday night to file for his or her campaigns.

Crockett is at the moment in her second time period as a U.S. Home member and has already made a reputation for herself as a progressive firebrand each on social media and through hearings within the Home Oversight Committee.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico launches a Democratic marketing campaign for the U.S. Senate, on Sept. 9, 2025. (James Talarico Senate marketing campaign)

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Crockett has notably in contrast President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and elements of the Republican Celebration to fascism.

However her bombastic type has additionally made Crockett a famous person inside the Democratic Celebration, together with her being chosen to talk on the Democratic Nationwide Conference (DNC) final yr as a then-first-term member of Congress.

She ran for rating member of the House Oversight Committee earlier this yr following the dying of its earlier high Democrat, late Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., however dropped out of the race after failing to win the advice of management inside her get together.

On the GOP aspect of the Texas Senate race is a high-profile three-way major between incumbent Cornyn in addition to challengers Paxton and Hunt.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox Information Digital main protection of the Home of Representatives. Earlier digital bylines seen at Every day Mail and CBS Information.