Lawmakers are trying to plan for the 2026 midterms while waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court decision on redrawn electoral maps.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s expected entry into the Texas Democratic Senate primary has reshaped 2026’s marquee contest and further thrust the Lone Star State into the national spotlight. Crockett, a Dallas Democrat who in 2022 replaced the late Eddie Bernice Johnson in Congress,
The Dec. 4 ruling, which overturned a lower court injunction issued two weeks earlier, comes just four days before the deadline for Texas candidates to file to run in the March primary elections.
The Republican had told a Dallas radio host Wednesday he had been asked to consider running for Congress in a newly redrawn district there.