Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett jumped into the Senate race in Texas on Monday, bringing her progressive politics, social media savvy and fundraising firepower to a race that could be key to her party’s long-shot hopes of flipping the chamber in 2024.

“There are a lot of people that said, ‘You’ve got to stay in the House. We need our voice. We need you there,’’’ Crockett told a roomful of supporters in Dallas. “But what we need is for me to have a bigger voice. What we need is not only a voice, but we need to make sure that we are going to stop all the hell that is raining down on all of our people.”

Hours before Crockett officially entered the race, another Democratic contender, former Rep. Colin Allred, dropped his bid and switched to a House race, citing a need to avoid a divisive

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