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Did Jasmine Crocett run for Congress or another office in 2025?
Executive summary
Available reporting shows Representative Jasmine Crockett remained a candidate for the U.S. House (Texas’s 30th) in FEC filings covering 2025 and was publicly weighing — and at times publicly discussing — a possible run for U.S. Senate in 2026, saying she would decide by Thanksgiving; multiple outlets report her exploring a Senate bid though final filing status is uneven across sources (FEC shows House candidate records for 2026; Crockett told reporters she was considering a Senate run) [1] [2] [3].
1. What official filings show: Crockett remained a House candidate in 2025
Federal Election Commission records list Jasmine Crockett as a candidate for U.S. House, Texas District 30, with committee activity and coverage dates through 2025 — indicating an active campaign account and reporting as of the period Jan. 1–Sept. 30, 2025 [1]. Non-governmental trackers such as Ballotpedia and GovTrack also continue to list Crockett as the incumbent for Texas’s 30th and note her next scheduled reelection is 2026; those profiles reflect her existing House term through Jan. 3, 2027, and note her as “running for reelection” on their candidate pages [4] [5].
2. Public statements and reporting about a Senate bid: exploring, not uniformly filed
Local and national coverage documents that Crockett publicly addressed speculation about a 2026 U.S. Senate campaign and said she would consider making an announcement by Thanksgiving; she explicitly discussed the idea in television interviews and local reporting about her internal polling and decision process [2] [3]. Some outlets report she is “pondering” or “considering” a Senate run and have quoted her saying she launched polling to see whether a path to victory exists; however, available sources do not uniformly show a formal federal filing for a Senate candidacy within the 2025 reporting window [3] [1].
3. How different sources frame her intentions and timing
Fox4’s video coverage highlights Crockett addressing speculation about joining the U.S. Senate race, while the Statesman story describes her decision-making as tied to polling and waiting until filing deadlines to announce plans [2] [3]. Partisan and hyperpartisan outlets have amplified her statements in contrasting ways — some presenting her as decisively running, others casting doubt on viability — so readers should note motive and tone differences across outlets [6] [7].
4. What is undisputed by the documents: campaign activity continued in 2025
Financial and campaign records show active receipts and disbursement reporting for Crockett’s House campaign committee in 2025, consistent with a candidate maintaining an account for either reelection or exploratory activity [1]. Independent trackers reiterate she remains the incumbent through 2027 and is next up for reelection in 2026 [4] [5].
5. Areas where reporting is inconsistent or absent
None of the provided sources definitively supply a sworn, formal FEC filing showing Crockett as a registered candidate for U.S. Senate in 2025; the FEC entry in the record set lists her as a House candidate for TX-30 [1]. Some outlets (including partisan and aggregator sites) have published pieces asserting she “is running for Senate” or “makes it clear she’s running,” but those pieces either rely on statements about intention or are from lower-credibility aggregators; readers should treat those claims as not fully corroborated by the FEC filing evidence provided here [7] [6].
6. Context and why this matters
A move from House reelection to a Senate campaign would require formal filings and strategic calculations about fundraising, polling, and the statewide electorate; Crockett’s public comments that she launched internal polling and would decide by key deadlines reflect a standard exploratory posture rather than an automatic conversion to a Senate campaign [3]. The presence of active House campaign finance activity through 2025 is consistent with multiple political strategies: running for reelection, maintaining a campaign account while exploring a different race, or preparing to switch to a Senate bid if conditions appear favorable [1].
7. Bottom line for your question
Available sources show Jasmine Crockett actively maintained House campaign filings in 2025 and publicly considered — and in some interviews said she would soon decide on — a run for U.S. Senate in 2026; however, the documents provided here do not contain a definitive FEC filing or uniformly corroborated report that she formally filed as a Senate candidate during 2025 [1] [2] [3]. If you need confirmation of an official Senate filing or withdrawal, check the FEC candidate search and state filing records for the period after these reports.