From Fox News: Former House Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, is dropping out of the Lone Star State’s Senate race, he announced on Monday.
Allred’s announcement comes as rumors swirl about progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, potentially entering the fray as soon as late Monday afternoon.
“l’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 [Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, or Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas],” Allred said in a statement.
“That’s why l’ve made the difficult decision to end my campaign for the U.S. Senate.”
Allred said he would instead run in the newly-redrawn 33rd Congressional District in Texas, which is currently represented by Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, under previously-created boundaries.
Allred dropping out of the Senate race comes as rumors are swirling that progressive Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett may enter the race as early as this afternoon.
We’ll need a grassroots movement like no other to make sure we have the resources we need to beat Trump’s racist gerrymandered maps and take back the House. Chip in today: https://t.co/450W0DXjbL
— Colin Allred (@ColinAllredTX) December 8, 2025
Allred, 42, is a former NFL player who played for the Tennessee Titans. He later held several seats in the Obama administration, then flipped a red seat to serve in U.S. Congress from January 2019 to January 2025. He made an unsuccessful attempt to take Sen. Ted Cruz’s senate seat in the 2024 election.
Now he has suddenly dropped out of another race for a Senate seat, and is instead running again for U.S. Congress.
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— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 8, 2025
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