WASHINGTON — Outspoken Rep. Jasmine Crockett jumped into the Texas Senate race on Monday, shaking up the Democratic primary hours before the filing deadline.

The far-left firebrand will challenge Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat in the upper chamber, announcing her campaign the day congressional candidates had to formally file paperwork. 

In her campaign launch video, Crockett doesn’t say a word as the camera holds steady on her face. Rather, it stars the voice of President Trump calling Crockett the “new star of the Democrat Party” and a “very low IQ person.”

“Texas, let’s win this thing,” she wrote.

Republicans were gleeful about her entry into the race, dubbing her too far left for the state and more beatable in a general election.

“I think she wins the Democratic primary, and she’s the worst possible candidate they could have in Texas,” Cornyn said, per Fox News. “She’s unelectable.”

The race has already proved to be a hot one — Talarico previously made headlines for racking up a record $6.2 million in the first three weeks after announcing his campaign in September.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has announced her run for Senate in Texas. AP

The addition of a national name like Crockett’s adds new energy to Democrats’ long-shot bid to flip the state blue as Cornyn has held the Senate seat since 2002. He already faces a competitive primary against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt.

Crockett, 44, jumped into the race just hours after ex-Rep. Colin Allred ditched his own Democratic bid and decided to try clawing his way back into the House instead.

She’ll face off in a March 3 primary against Talarico, a former teacher-turned-rising liberal star whose viral rants against GOP moves like private school vouchers and Ten Commandments-in-classroom mandates have caught national attention. 

Republican rule of the Senate hinges on ensuring Democrats don’t pick up another four seats in the chamber.

Working in their favor, most of the seats up for reelection belong to senators of states that Trump won in 2024.

Crockett has garnered national headlines for her abrasive personality, both with fellow lawmakers in congressional hearings and behind closed doors, notably laughing off accusations in August that she was a no-show boss from hell.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico kicking off his US Senate campaign in Round Rock on Sept. 9, 2025. AP

Multiple former staffers and aides told The Post that month that the Dallas-area rep is “rude,” a “diva,” “screams” at employees and rarely comes into the office.

“She is focused almost exclusively on being an influencer, not a member of Congress,” a source said at the time.

Confronted with the reporting, Crockett told CBS at the time that the criticism meant “that I have arrived, honey.”

Crockett has frequently sparred with Republicans — including President Trump who has branded her a “low IQ” person. Jack Gruber-USA TODAY via Imagn Images

“Because as Beyoncé says, if they’re not talking about you, then obviously you must not be doing anything,” she told the outlet on Aug. 8.

She has also been the subject of other controversies. Last week, it was revealed that Crockett owes more than $3,000 on an unpaid lien against her luxury condominium in Dallas, which she “continues to fail and refuse” to pay off, records show.

Crockett (D-Texas) was slapped with a claim of $3,047.79 by the Westside Condominium Association on April 11, 2024, which blocks her from selling the property until that debt is paid off, Fox News first reported.

Records show that Crockett “is in default in her obligation for payment of assessments and has failed and refused and continues to fail and refuse, despite demand upon her, to pay the Association assessments and related charges properly.”

The Texas Democrat bought the property in 2014 and the address is listed on her voter registration.