Jasmine Crockett

Jasmine Crockett
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 30th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Eddie Bernice Johnson
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 100th district
In office January 12, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Lorraine Birabil
Succeeded by	Venton Jones
Personal details
Born	Jasmine Felicia Crockett (1981-03-29) March 29, 1981 (age 43) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Rhodes College (BA) University of Houston (JD)
Signature
Website	House website Campaign website

Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from Texas's 30th congressional district since January 2023. Her district covers most of South Dallas County, Central Dallas, Dallas Love Field Airport, and parts of Tarrant County. A member of the Democratic Party, Crockett previously represented the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives.

In the 118th Congress, Crockett serves as the Democratic freshman class representative between the House Democratic leadership and the (approximately) 35 newly-elected Democratic members.^[1] Crockett was named as co-chair of the 2024 Harris-Walz campaign.^[2]

Early life and career

Crockett was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School and Rosati-Kain, an all-girls Catholic high school in St. Louis.^[3] She graduated from Rhodes College in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration. As an undergraduate, Crockett planned to become an anesthesiologist or certified public accountant before deciding to attend law school. Crockett stated that this was due to experiencing a series of hate crimes while attending college and subsequently being represented by the Cochran Law Firm.^[4]

Crockett later attended the University of Houston Law Center, graduating in 2006 with a Juris Doctor. Crockett was a member of the National Bar Association, as well, with the Dallas Black Criminal Bar Association.^[5]

Crockett completed law school and passed the bar shortly thereafter in 2006. She then became a public defender for Bowie County, and formed a law firm, which was notable for taking pro bono cases for Black Lives Matter activists.^[4]

Crockett is a Baptist,^[6][7] and a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority^[8]

Texas House of Representatives

In 2019, after Eric Johnson vacated his seat in the Texas House to serve as mayor of Dallas, a special election was held on November 5 with a runoff on January 28, 2020, for the remainder of his term, which Lorraine Birabil won.^[9] Crockett challenged Birabil in the 2020 Democratic primary. She narrowly defeated Birabil in a primary runoff, advancing to the November 2020 general election, which she won unopposed. She assumed office in January 2021.^[10][11]

U.S. House of Representatives

Crockett (right) with Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi (center) and Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer (left) in 2021

Elections

2022

See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas § District 30

On November 20, 2021, incumbent U.S. representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas's 30th congressional district announced she would not seek reelection in 2022.^[12] Four days later, Crockett declared her candidacy for the seat. Johnson simultaneously announced that she was backing Crockett.^[13][14] Crockett also received extensive financial support from Super PACs aligned with the cryptocurrency industry, with Sam Bankman-Fried's Protect Our Future PAC giving $1 million in support of her campaign.^[15] In the Democratic primary election, Crockett and Jane Hope Hamilton, an aide to Marc Veasey, advanced to a runoff election,^[16] which Crockett won.^[17] She then won the general election on November 8.^[18] Crockett was chosen to be the 118th Congress's freshman class representative.^[1]

Tenure

Crockett supports supplying military aid to the Ukrainian military during their war with Russia.

Crockett was among the 46 Democrats who voted against the final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.^[19] She voted to provide Israel with support, following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.^[20][21]

Crockett voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, respectively, in April 2024, along with most of her fellow Democrats.^[22][23][24]

In a 2023 impeachment hearing for President Biden, Crockett criticized fellow congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans for being hypocritical. She claimed that those launching the impeachment inquiry, and those who brought-forth charges against President Biden, were ignoring documented evidence of President Trump's own criminal offenses; she displayed photos from the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, depicting Trump storing classified documents inside of a bathroom (and other locations lacking security), to which she remarked, "These are our national secrets—looks like in the shitter to me."^[25][26][27]

Crockett addressed the 2024 Democratic National Convention and referenced the incident. When comparing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to Republican nominee Donald Trump, she said of the latter, "He keeps national secrets next to his thinking chair—y'all know what I said the other time."^[28] She won the second term to House of Representatives in 2024.^[29]

Caucus memberships

• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus^[30]
• Congressional Progressive Caucus^[31]
• Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment^[32]

Committee assignments

• Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
  • Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture
• Committee on Oversight and Accountability
  • Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce
• Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government

Rhetorical style

Crockett has been noted for her (at times, comedic) use of alliteration. In an Oversight Committee hearing on May 16, 2024, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene remarked, unprovoked, to Crockett: "I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you're reading." Committee chairman James Comer ruled that this remark did not violate House protocol. To clarify the limits on personal comments, Crockett asked "If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody's bleach-blonde, bad-built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?"^[33][34] Comer responded with "... a what, now?" On August 19, 2024, the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Crockett, speaking about Republican nominee Donald Trump, asked, "will a vindictive vile villain violate voters' vision?"^[35]

Electoral history

2020 Texas's 100th state house district Democratic primary^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorraine Birabil (incumbent)	4,566	29.3
	Democratic	Jasmine Crockett	4,030	25.9
	Democratic	Sandra Crenshaw	2,944	18.9
	Democratic	Daniel Davis Clayton	1,665	10.9
	Democratic	James Armstrong III	1,315	8.5
	Democratic	Paul Stafford	1,046	6.7
Total votes			15,566	100.0

2020 Texas's 100th state house district Democratic primary runoff^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jasmine Crockett	5,171	50.4
	Democratic	Lorraine Birabil (incumbent)	5,081	49.6
Total votes			10,252	100.0

2020 Texas's 100th state house district election^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jasmine Crockett	45,550	100.0
Total votes			45,550	100.0

2022 Texas's 30th congressional district Democratic primary^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jasmine Crockett	26,798	48.5
	Democratic	Jane Hope Hamilton	9,436	17.1
	Democratic	Keisha Williams-Lankford	4,323	7.8
	Democratic	Barbara Mallory Caraway	4,277	7.7
	Democratic	Abel Mulugheta	3,284	5.9
	Democratic	Roy Williams	2,746	5.0
	Democratic	Vonciel Hill	1,886	3.4
	Democratic	Jessica Mason	1,858	3.4
	Democratic	Arthur Dixon	677	1.2
Total votes			55,285	100.0

2022 Texas's 30th congressional district Democratic primary runoff^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jasmine Crockett	17,462	60.6
	Democratic	Jane Hope Hamilton	11,369	39.4
Total votes			28,831	100.0

2022 Texas's 30th congressional district election^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jasmine Crockett	134,876	74.72
	Republican	James Rodgers	39,209	21.72
	Independent	Zachariah Manning	3,820	2.12
	Libertarian	Phil Gray	1,870	1.04
	Write-in	Debbie Walker	738	0.41
Total votes			180,513	100.0

See also

• List of African-American United States representatives
• Women in the United States House of Representatives

References

1. Alvey, Rebekah (December 1, 2022). "Dallas Rep.-elect Jasmine Crockett chosen for freshman House leadership role". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
2. Simmerman, Alexis. "Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas named national co-chair for Harris-Walz campaign". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
3. Robinson-Jacobs, Karen (February 16, 2022). "North County native, Texas transplant, sets sights on Congress". St. Louis American. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
4. "Civil Rights Attorney Jasmine Crockett Is Making Waves as a Texas State Representative". Darling Magazine. September 21, 2020. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
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6. "Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress" (PDF). PEW Research Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
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8. MEET JASMINE
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19. Gans, Jared (May 31, 2023). "Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no". The Hill. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
20. Demirjian, Karoun (October 25, 2023). "House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
21. "Roll Call 528 | Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session". Washington, DC: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. October 25, 2023. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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26. Garcia, Eric (June 20, 2024). "Jasmine Crockett wants to prove that Democrats aren't weak". The Independent.
27. Huber, Craig (September 29, 2023). "Rep. Jasmine Crocket rebukes Republicans during impeachment hearing". spectrumlocalnews.com.
28. "DNC 2024 live updates: Democratic convention kicks off; Hillary Clinton addresses delegates". NBC News. August 20, 2024.
29. "Jasmine Crockett wins reelection against third-party opponent".
30. "Congressional Equality Members". February 22, 2023. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
31. "Progressive Caucus". Progressive Caucus. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
32. "Membership". Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
33. Eric Garcia; James Liddell (May 17, 2024). "Greene called 'bleach blonde bad-built butch body' in House screaming match where 'drinking was involved'". The Independent. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
34. Judy Kurtz (May 21, 2024). "Crockett moves to trademark 'bleach blonde bad built butch body'". The Hill. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
35. David Taffet (August 20, 2024). "Crockett lashes out against a vindictive vile villain violating voters' vision". Dallas Voice. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
36. "Official Results". Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

External links

• Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett official U.S. House website
• Jasmine Crockett for Congress campaign website
• Appearances on C-SPAN

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
• Profile at Vote Smart

Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by Lorraine Birabil	Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 100th district 2021–2023	Succeeded by Venton Jones
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Eddie Bernice Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 30th congressional district 2023–present	Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Eli Crane	United States representatives by seniority 361st	Succeeded by Anthony D'Esposito