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Jasmine Felicia Crockett, born March 29, 1981, is an American lawyer and politician, currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 30th congressional district since 2023. A proud member of the Democratic Party, Crockett has quickly made her mark. In her first term in the 118th Congress, she was chosen to represent the Democratic freshman class, acting as a vital link between House Democratic leadership and the approximately 35 newly-elected members. She also played a key role as a co-chair for the 2024 Harris–Walz campaign and is an active member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Before her national service, Crockett honed her legal and political skills representing the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives. Her journey into public service began earlier as a public defender for Bowie County, Texas, and through her practice at a private law firm.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Reverend Joseph and Gwen Crockett, Jasmine's early education included Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, followed by Rosati-Kain, an all-girls Catholic high school. At Rhodes College, a professor’s advice steered her away from accounting, recognizing her vibrant personality. It was the school's response to a series of hate crimes on campus, including racist mail she received and vandalism against her Black friends, that ignited her passion for law. She recalled, "My school didn't know what to do, and they brought in The Cochran Firm, and the lawyer that helped me became my instant 'shero'." Though the perpetrators were never found, the experience of having legal support during a confusing time was deeply empowering, leading her to graduate in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration. She continued her legal education at Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, and later graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 2006 with her Juris Doctor, quickly passing the bar. Her commitment to the legal community was further demonstrated by her membership in the National Bar Association and the Dallas Black Criminal Bar Association.
Her career as an attorney began as a public defender for Bowie County, and she later established her own law firm, where she handled significant car accident lawsuits and dedicated her time to pro bono cases for Black Lives Matter activists. Jasmine Crockett is a devoted Baptist and an active member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
In 2019, following Eric Johnson's departure from the Texas House to become mayor of Dallas, a special election for the 100th district seat was held. After a runoff in January 2020, Crockett emerged victorious from the Democratic primary against Lorraine Birabil, and went on to win the general election unopposed in November 2020, assuming office in January 2021.
Her election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 marked a significant milestone. After incumbent U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson announced her retirement from Texas's 30th congressional district, Crockett declared her candidacy. Johnson herself endorsed Crockett, who also received substantial financial backing from cryptocurrency-aligned Super PACs. After advancing to a runoff in the Democratic primary against Jane Hope Hamilton, Crockett secured the win and then went on to claim victory in the general election on November 8. Her strong performance led to her selection as the freshman class representative for the 118th Congress.
During her tenure, Crockett has been a vocal advocate for her constituents and her party. In a 2023 impeachment hearing for President Joe Biden, she sharply criticized fellow congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans, accusing them of hypocrisy. Crockett highlighted documented evidence of President Donald Trump's alleged criminal offenses, displaying photos from the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago and remarking, "These are our national secrets—looks like in the shitter to me." She revisited this incident at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, drawing a stark contrast between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, humorously noting his tendency to keep national secrets "next to his thinking chair." Crockett secured a second term in the House of Representatives in 2024. In March 2025, she referred to Governor Greg Abbott as "Governor Hot Wheels" and a "Hot Ass Mess" during a Human Rights Campaign dinner, explaining her comments were related to his use of transportation for migrants, not his disability. This led to a censure resolution filed against her by Representative Randy Weber. In June 2025, Crockett announced her bid for Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform but later withdrew after placing last in the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee vote.
Crockett is a member of several influential caucuses, including the Black Maternal Health Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Equality Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, and the Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment. Her committee assignments include the Committee on the Judiciary, where she serves as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where she is Vice Ranking Member. She also previously served on the Committee on Agriculture and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
On the issue of firearms, Crockett, a licensed firearm owner herself, supports a ban on assault weapons, recognizing their devastating potential. While acknowledging the political challenges of passing such a ban in Texas, she firmly believes in the necessity of stricter gun control measures.
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Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 30th congressional district since 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
In the 118th Congress, Crockett served as the Democratic freshman class representative between the House Democratic leadership and the approximately 35 newly-elected Democratic members. Crockett was a co-chair of the 2024 Harris–Walz campaign and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Crockett previously represented the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives. Prior to that, she was a public defender for Bowie County, Texas, and had previously practiced law in a private firm.
== Early life and career ==
Crockett was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents Rev. Joseph and Gwen Crockett. She attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School and Rosati-Kain, an all-girls Catholic high school in St. Louis.
=== Education ===
Attending Rhodes College, she was advised by a professor that she had too much personality to settle for her plan to become a certified public accountant. The school's handling of a series of hate crimes on campus inspired her to become a lawyer, when she got racist hate mail and her Black friends' cars were keyed. She explained, "My school didn't know what to do, and they brought in The Cochran Firm, and the lawyer that helped me became my instant 'shero'. ... While we never figured out what happened, it was empowering to have her there. I saw how much help a lawyer could be to somebody at a very confusing time." She graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration.
She began law school at Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University before graduating from the University of Houston Law Center in 2006 with a Juris Doctor and soon passed the bar examination. She was a member of the National Bar Association and of the Dallas Black Criminal Bar Association.
=== Career ===
She became a public defender for Bowie County and later formed a law firm, which handled car accident lawsuits and took pro bono cases for Black Lives Matter activists.
=== Personal life and family ===
Crockett is a Baptist and a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
== Texas House of Representatives ==
In 2019, after Eric Johnson vacated his seat in the Texas House to become 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. 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.
== U.S. House of Representatives ==
=== Elections ===
==== 2022 ====
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. Four days later, Crockett declared her candidacy for the seat. Johnson simultaneously announced that she was backing Crockett. 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. In the Democratic primary election, Crockett and Jane Hope Hamilton, an aide to U.S. representative Marc Veasey, advanced to a runoff election, which Crockett won. She then won the general election on November 8. Crockett was chosen to be the 118th Congress's freshman class representative.
=== Tenure ===
In a 2023 impeachment hearing for President Joe Biden, Crockett accused fellow congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans of hypocrisy. She claimed that those launching the impeachment inquiry, and those who brought-forth charges against Biden, were ignoring documented evidence of President Donald Trump's own criminal offenses; she displayed photos from the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, depicting Trump storing classified documents inside a bathroom (and in other locations lacking security), to which she remarked, "These are our national secrets—looks like in the shitter to me."
Crockett addressed the 2024 Democratic National Convention and referenced the incident. When comparing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to Trump, the Republican nominee, she said of the latter, "He keeps national secrets next to his thinking chair—y'all know what I said the other time." She won a second term to House of Representatives in 2024.
In March 2025, Crockett called Governor Greg Abbott, who is handicapped and uses a wheelchair, "Governor Hot Wheels" and a "Hot Ass Mess" at a speech onstage during Human Rights Campaign's annual dinner. Crockett denied that the comment had to do with Abbott's condition, instead saying that it referenced the "planes, trains, and automobiles" he used to transfer migrants to Democratic communities. In response, Abbott stated: "It's another day and another disaster by the Democrats." Representative Randy Weber filed a censure resolution against Crockett.
In June 2025, Crockett announced her candidacy for Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. She later withdrew from the race to become the Ranking Member after placing last in the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee vote.
=== Caucus memberships ===
Black Maternal Health Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Equality Caucus
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment
=== Committee assignments ===
Current
Committee on the Judiciary (2025–present)
Subcommittee on Oversight (Ranking Member)
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (2023–present; Vice Ranking Member, 2025–present)
Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (2025–present)
Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce (2023-2025)
Past
Committee on Agriculture (2023-2025)
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
Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (2023-2025)
== Policy positions ==
=== Firearms ===
Crocket owns a firearm and is licensed to carry, though supports a ban on assault weapons, having stated "it’s the equivalent of some of these people having a cannon.... People literally have almost no chance of surviving when some of these weapons are used." She acknowledges that passage of an assault weapons ban in Texas is likely not politically achievable.
== Electoral history ==
== See also ==
List of African-American United States representatives
Women in the United States House of Representatives
== References ==
== External links ==
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett official U.S. House website
Jasmine Crockett for Congress campaign website
Appearances on C-SPAN
Jasmine Crockett at IMDb
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
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