TEXAS (KXXV) — Dallas U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett — a rising star within the Democratic Party — is jumping into the crowded race for her party’s top post on the House Oversight Committee.

The position is vacant after U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, died late last month . Three other Democrats have already declared bids for the June 24 election : Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Kweisi Mfume of Maryland.

Crockett, a former state lawmaker serving her second term in Congress, pitched in a letter to her colleagues Tuesday that she would be best equipped to communicate the Democratic Party’s achievements and values, which she said have been lost on the public. She noted, for example, that congressional Democrats under former Speaker

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