Is Jasmine Crockett’s Senate Campaign an Asset or a Liability for Democrats? It Depends on Who You Ask.

The Democratic base isn’t in the mood to compromise

Clockwise from top left: Jasmine Crockett, James Talarico, Graham Platner and Gavin Newsom. Getty Images/CNN.Texas has been a tease for Democrats. Despite being a diverse, urban, multicultural state, the last time it elected a Democrat as governor was Ann Richards in 1990. And the last Democratic U.S. Senator elected in Texas was in 1988, when Lloyd Bentsen won another term while simultaneously losing as Michael Dukakis’s running mate.Beto O’Rou…

The Democratic Response To Jasmine Crockett’s Senate Bid Says Everything

Party officials are deeply skeptical of Crockett's chances in Texas — and afraid to say that out loud.

The White House says the midterms are all about Trump. Democrats aren’t so sure

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Dallas congresswoman opened her Senate campaign by telling voters that she “has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump.” Her Democratic primary opponent insisted that Americans are tired of “politics as a blood sport.” The divergent approach highlights how U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico are navigating a race where Democrats hope to break a three-de…

Is Jasmine Crockett’s campaign an asset or a liability for Dems? It depends on who you ask.

Depending on who you asked, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s decision this week to run for Senate meant one of two things.In the eyes of some pundits and politicos, the Dallas Democrat’s nomination would spell doom for her party’s chances of winning a statewide race for the first time in over three decades. To others, she is a fighter and gifted communicator whose expand-the-electorate strategy is worth trying in a state where Democrats of all strip…

Is Jasmine Crockett’s Senate campaign an asset or a liability for Democrats? It depends on who you ask.

Some Democrats dismissed the Dallas congresswoman as too polarizing to capture the swing voters needed to win. Others said her turnout-over-persuasion approach is the recipe to break through.

Senate Democrats Keep Jasmine Crockett At Bay With Texas-Sized Pole

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Senate run is facing an icy reception from lawmakers in her own party, who appear to be distancing themselves from her entry into the race. More than a dozen Senate Democrats declined to comment or issue public support for Crockett’s Senate bid in brief interviews with the Daily Caller News Foundation […]