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Blue Jasmine

After a string of election victories, Democrats are pondering an honest-to-god blue wave in 2026. But progressive euphoria could be the party’s undoing in Texas, where human attack ad Jasmine Crockett just launched her Senate bid, and the moderate Colin Allred bowed out.

Jasmine Crockett
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a second-term congresswoman from Dallas, has skyrocketed in popularity on the left with made-for-TikTok skirmishes with Republicans. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Abby Livingston
December 8, 2025

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Last spring, when Trump’s popularity was still near its post-inaugural peak, political operatives scoffed at the chutzpah of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s early list of districts the party considered “in play” for 2026. At the time, the D.C.C.C.’s targets included more than half a dozen districts that were firmly Republican leaning: Rep. Andy Ogles’ seat in deep-red Tennessee; Rep. Cory Mills’s seat in central Florida; even the Kentucky district Rep. Andy Barr won by 26 points last year.