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Rep. Colin Allred Declares Intent to Unseat Ted Cruz in 2024 [Video]
- Updated: May 5, 2023
Democrat Rep. Colin Allred intends to replace Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024. In a May 3 proclamation video, he hurdles a Senator’s record, quite his “me first” process of governing: “I’m using for [the] U.S. Senate since Texans merit a Senator whose group is Texas. Ted Cruz usually cares about himself.”
Additionally, a Representative compared his and a Senator’s actions during a revolt on Jan. 6, 2021, and Cruz’s ostensible winter vacation disturbance a following month. Allred also told viewers: “We don’t have to be broke by a Senator — We can [elect] a new one. I’ve taken down a lot worse guys than Ted Cruz.” But, of course, as a former NFL maestro and polite rights attorney, he has a bone fides to behind adult that declaration.
Allred was initial inaugurated to Congress in 2018. The former Tennessee Titans linebacker degraded a obligatory Republican in a Dallas-area competition for Texas Congressional District 32. He kick Jeff Sessions in one of a many rival races in Texas, 52.2% to 45.9%.
A Texas Monthly news antiquated Jan. 17, 2019, indicated that then-freshman Representative Allred cumulative 3 cabinet assignments: Veterans’ Affairs, Foreign Affairs, and Transportation and Infrastructure.
About Rep. Colin Allred
In a video below, Allred, a three-term Congressman, said: “Some people contend a Democrat can’t win in Texas.” Then, after a beat, he added: “Well, someone like me was never ostensible to get this far.” While that is expected true, this Congressman cowed a hurdles of flourishing adult Black in Dallas.
The Representative is a fourth-generation Texan lifted by a singular mom who never knew his father. As a result, Allred’s family values led him to turn a initial Congress member to take paid paternity leave in 2019 publically. He also took time after his second son’s birth in 2021. Allred is a outspoken proponent of inhabitant paid family leave.
Written by Cathy Milne-Ware
Sources:
NBC News: Democratic Rep. Colin Allred launches bid for Sen. Ted Cruz’s seat; by Rose Horowitch and Alex Seitz-Wald
The Washington Post: Democratic Rep. Colin Allred to plea Sen. Ted Cruz for Senate seat; by Amy B Wang and Liz Goodwin
PBS: Texas Democrat Collin Allred says he’ll run opposite Ted Cruz for Senate; by Paul J. Weber
The Texas Tribune: Texas Democrat Colin Allred defeats GOP obligatory Pete Sessions in pivotal U.S. House race; by Andrew Eversden and Edgar Walters
Campiagn Website: Colin Allred for Senate
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