The Texan
Former Congressman Colin Allred (D-TX-32) announced his second candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2026, less than a year after his first one ended in defeat to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Allred, who raised over $100 million in his 2024 challenge to Cruz, is the first of the rumored high-profile Democrats to jump into the midterm race. Democrats had high hopes of knocking off Cruz, whom they nearly defeated in 2018, but Allred ended up losing to Cruz by 8.5 points; Republican gains in South Texas and among Hispanics across the state ended any Democratic hopes of turning the state blue.
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