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  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr Gov. Greg Abbott Slams Jasmine Crockett as She Weighs Last-Minute Texas Senate Bid Texas politics erupted this weekend as Rep. Jasmine Crockett signals she may jump into the 2026 U.S. Senate race — and Gov. Greg Abbott is already predicting a brutal outcome. With the December 8 filing deadline only hours away, Crockett has reportedly prepared two cashier’s checks: one to enter the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and one to retain her Dallas-based House seat. She has scheduled an announcement for Monday afternoon, though insiders say the final call is still being shaped by frantic outreach to Democratic leaders statewide. But as Crockett’s potential bid gained steam, Governor Abbott publicly lowered the boom. Posting on X , Abbott declared that Crockett is “about to learn the hard way that most Texans are very different from her district, her base & her values,” arguing that a progressive Democrat has no path to vict...