Jasmine Crockett

Of African American heritage, Crockett was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School and Rosati-Kain. 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, a decision she made after she was the victim of a hate crime while attending college. She later attended the University of Houston Law Center, graduating in 2006 with a Juris Doctor.

After law school, Crockett remained in Texas and worked as a civil rights attorney. She worked as a public defender for Bowie County before establishing her own law firm. During the George Floyd protests, Crockett and her associates took on the pro bono cases of several Black Lives Matter activists.

Crockett is a Baptist.

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 for the remainder of his term, which Lorraine Birabil won. Crockett announced that she would challenge 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.

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 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

Crockett was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.

She voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

Crockett voted in favor of three military aid package supplementals for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan respectively in April 2024, along with most Democrats.

Caucus memberships

• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Progressive Caucus

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

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

• 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