Jasmine Crockett Confirms She Will Run In Texas' U.S. Senate Race As Poll Shows Her Leading Dems

Also on Monday former Rep. Colin Allred announced he is dropping out of the race, likely as a result of Crockett's better chances of becoming the nominee.

Allred communicated his decision in a social media post, where he posted a lengthy letter. "I've come to believe that a bruising Senate Democratic primary and runoff would prevent the Democratic Party from going into this critical election unified against the danger posed to our communities and our Constitution by Donald Trump and one of his Republican bootlickers," reads a passage of Allred's message.

State Rep. James Talarico has not dropped out is campaigning for the seat. Discussing a potential run, Crockett said days ago that data gathered by her and her team shows she would be a competitive candidate. "The evaluation made it clear that the coalition that won the elections that took place on November 4 was heavily comprised of "Black and Brown folks."

"When you look at the numbers in New Jersey, Virginia, Black and Brown people showed up and voted the right way. I am the leading candidate when it comes to those specific constituencies. So it does make it to where I am very formidable regardless of what people may want to put out," Crockett said.

Crockett came out on top of a recent poll of potential Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate. Conducted by the University of Houston and Texas Southern University among over 1,600 registered voters between September 19 and October 1, it showed Crockett with 31% of the support, compared to state Talarico (25%), former Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke (25%) and Allred (13%). The margin of error was +/- 2.4%.