How will Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s entrance into the Texas Senate race change the playing field for her party’s ambitions of retaking the upper chamber?
Among Republicans — including the incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn — the move is being publicly welcomed. Many are overtly gleeful that the brash, combative congresswoman who has clashed with their party in Congress as well as on a personal level with Donald Trump appears set to add a clear Washington-based focus to the race.
