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Congressman Jasmine Crockett spoke to her supporters during an election night watch party at Club Vivo in downtown Dallas, March 3, 2026. Crockett, who is running for US Senate against State Rep. James Talarico, spoke about the Texas Supreme Court decision to shut down the Dallas County polls after they stayed open.<\/p>\n
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WASHINGTON \u2013 Rep. Jasmine Crockett<\/a> gave a peek into her political future<\/a> Wednesday, telling a daytime TV talk show host she will work to elect like-minded candidates and launch a road show to share her views.<\/p>\n \u201cMy focus is going to be to pivot to support others,\u201d\u00a0Crockett told Sherri Shepherd on the Sherri show. \u201cWe want to fuel individual rights everywhere. And so we are going to support other candidates as well as I’m going to go on tour across the country and we are going to educate people about what it is that elected officials can do, should be doing and what they\u2019re doing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Crockett was referencing her Fueling Individual Rights Everywhere political action committee, or FIRE PAC. Such leadership PACs represent a fundraising mechanism in which politicians collect donations and distribute them to other candidates.<\/p>\n Crockett did not share details on the timing of the tour and did not immediately respond to a request for more information.<\/p>\n Crockett\u2019s plans come amid speculation about her next steps after losing the Democratic primary for Senate last month to state Rep. James Talarico<\/a> of Austin. Talarico will face incumbent John Cornyn<\/a> or Attorney General Ken Paxton<\/a>, who meet in the GOP runoff May 26.<\/p>\n Make Dallas News a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Crockett has said she expects a book deal and a return to practicing law after she leaves Congress, although House rules restrict her ability to lock those down now.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Allred endorsement<\/p>\n Crockett\u2019s work on behalf of other candidates included her endorsement Wednesday of former Rep. Colin Allred of Dallas in the Democratic\u00a0primary runoff against Rep. Julie Johnson of Farmers Branch.<\/p>\n Allred represented Congressional District 32 before leaving to run for Senate in 2024. Johnson succeeded him.<\/p>\n After last year’s mid-decade Republican redistricting revamped the district, Johnson opted to run in the newly drawn District 33 that favors Democrats.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Allred initially announced a Senate bid but switched to District 33 after Crockett entered the Senate race.<\/p>\n He and Johnson are locked in a heated runoff after neither finished with a majority of the vote in the March primary.<\/p>\n Shepherd, whose show has been canceled but hasn\u2019t yet left the air, asked\u00a0Crockett about making another run for office.<\/p>\n \u201cI’ll never say never but I will tell you that right now, my focus is on making sure that the American people recognize their power in this moment,\u201d Crockett said. \u201cSo many people feel helpless, hopeless, and so I’m excited to support other warriors, right? It’s not good enough just to have one person that’s outspoken. We need teams of people on every single level of government.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Shepherd highlighted\u00a0Crockett\u2019s intense conflicts with Republican opponents in Congress, including viral moments that helped boost the congresswoman\u2019s national profile.<\/p>\n Next generation<\/p>\n Crockett said she feels the weight of the Black women whose past success opened doors for her, citing former Reps. Shirley Chisholm of New York and Barbara Jordan of Texas.<\/p>\n Crockett said she recently received an invitation to a Texas high school graduation from a student who is going into politics because of her example.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cSo many young people are looking at me and I know that it’s not just me when I walk into that room,\u201d\u00a0Crockett said. \u201cI’m walking in with the weight of those that came before me, but also understanding that I’ve got to do everything that I can for those coming behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n By signing up, you agree to our Terms Of Use<\/a> and acknowledge that your information will be used as described in our Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shepherd also asked\u00a0Crockett, who rarely talks about her private life, to dish about dating.<\/p>\n Crockett said her trajectory likely would have been different, and not led to Congress, if she\u2019d married and had kids before going into politics and being in a position where she receives death threats.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cThey need to understand that and also understand that I am a public servant first and so I am constantly pouring into other people and trying to better other people’s lives,\u201d\u00a0Crockett said. \u201cAnd sometimes that can be a little challenging to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Congressman Jasmine Crockett spoke to her supporters during an election night watch party at Club Vivo in downtown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,101234,101233,91242,91241],"class_list":["post-272580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-tp-congress","tag-tp-jasmine-crockett","tag-tp-john-cornyn","tag-tp-ken-paxton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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