If the sheer number of endorsements from the political class were enough to decide runoff elections in Texas, Jane Hope Hamilton would almost surely be the next representative of Dallas’ 30th Congressional District. A longtime congressional aide and political operative in North Texas, she has parlayed her connections into support from some of the biggest Democratic names in the area.
But not all endorsements are equal. If the political force of the Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson is enough, her chosen successor, the one-term Dallas state representative and rising Democratic star Jasmine Crockett—will take her place in Washington come next January.
Johnson’s nod—along with the backing of an array of national progressive groups and local activists—vaulted Crockett into frontrunner status in a crowded primary field. In the March primary, she narrowly missed winning outright, garnering 48.5 percent of the vote.
