Colin Allred
Former Texas congressman and 2026 Democratic nominee for Texas's 33rd congressional district.
Colin Allred faces Republican Patrick Gillespie for Texas's 33rd congressional district on 3 November 2026, after beating Representative Julie Johnson 55% to 45% in the 26 May runoff. He had left the Senate race on 8 December 2025.
Last refreshed: 1 October 2026
Timeline for Colin Allred
Mentioned in: Texas PAC's Senate spending hits $131.5m
US Midterms 2026Mentioned in: Fellowship PAC drops $3M on GOP races
US Midterms 2026Background
Allred's switch from the Senate contest to a House seat left the 2026 Texas Senate race to others, and the money there now runs heavily against the Democrat. By 30 September 2026 TEXAS PAC had reported $131.5m of spending in that race, and Republican-side groups had filed about $71.4m since 24 September against $9.6m for James Talarico's side. In his own 2024 Senate run against Ted Cruz, Allred outraised Cruz in every quarter of that year and still lost by about 8.5 points, 53.1% to 44.6%.
Allred represented Texas's 32nd district from 2019 to 2025, having unseated Republican Pete Sessions in 2018. Before politics he played linebacker for the Tennessee Titans and worked as a civil rights lawyer, and he served at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Obama.