Jasmine Crockett She Will 'Spend a Lot Of Money' On Polling As She Gets Closer To Texas Senate Run

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said she is about to "spend a lot of money" on polling her standing in Texas as she gets closer to a Senate run.

Speaking to Politico, the lawmaker said she is "seriously weighing" throwing her hat in the ring in next year's elections.

Crockett went on to say that raising her public profile will be a first step in an eventual statewide campaign. "I don't think that we have the luxury, especially with us having such an early primary, of actually doing what we normally do, which — we spend about $100 million to get someone's name ID up," she told the outlet.

In another passage of the interview, Crockett said she had "multiple conversation" with potential campaign managers and discussed her chances of actually winning the race, not only the primaries but also the general election.

However, she conceded that she doesn't think "that there's a Democrat that can take out (Texas Sen. John) Cornyn." "For me, I would be making a very last-minute decision because it's not just about winning the primary. You gotta win the general."

According to Axios, a University of Houston/Texas Southern University poll from October showed her getting 31% of the vote among likely Democratic primary voters. State Rep. James Talarico, a rising star in the party, got 25%, while former Rep. Colin Allred, who lost the last election against Ted Cruz, got 13% of the support.

Talarico, however, has been increasing his profile over the past weeks. The Texas Tribune reported earlier this month that Talarico raised $6.2 million in the three weeks since he announced his Senate run, already outpacing the first numbers by other contenders.

The outlet noted that he has already more funds in hand than Allred, who said he had raised $4.1 million in the three months since he announced his campaign on July 1. It added that Beto O'Rourke took nine months to raise that sum in 2018.

The donations came from over 125,000 individual contributors across the state and the country. 98% of them were $100 or less, with teachers making up the largest share of donors. Talarico is a former public school teacher.

The outlet added that Talarico has gained notoriety for debating Republicans in the Texas House and on cable television. He has frequently gone viral on social media for his performances, as well as criticizing the influence of megadonors in Texas politics, particularly from the right.

However, over 40% of Texas Democrats said in a recent poll by the Texas Politics Project that they didn't know of him.