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Colin Allred Enters TX-33 Race to Continue Fighting for the Community That Raised Him

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MSNOW’s Rosa Flores: “When was the last time a politician set ego aside for the greater good? Well, it just happened here in Dallas – with Colin Allred exiting the U.S. Senate race.”

DALLAS — Colin Allred is being recognized across Texas and the nation for putting people ahead of politics — focusing on lowering costs, expanding health care, and standing up for working families. Now, he’s bringing that fight home to Texas’ 33rd Congressional District — the community where he was raised, where he’s raising his two sons, and where he’s delivered real results for North Texans.

As a member of Congress, Allred has already delivered for North Texas families, including securing over $135 million in federal resources to improve public transportation, healthcare, and infrastructure across TX-33, and will continue that work delivering for the community that raised him.

What They’re Seeing: 

MSNOW:

  • Rosa Flores: Well Chris, I want you to process this with me, because think about the last time that a politician set ego aside for the greater good? And I really mean think about it…..So I asked is this really not about serving in the big shiny office? Is it really about public service? Here’s what he said, take a listen.
  • Allred: I genuinely want to serve. And I ran for Congress in a district I was born and raised in even though it was a Republican district because that’s where I was from, and we flipped that seat. We were able to hold that seat. When I ran for Senate because I’m a fourth-generation Texan, my boys are fifth-generation Texans. I wanted to serve the state.
  • Allred: “We’ve always approached this from the standpoint of how can we best be of service to this community that I’m from here in Dallas, but also to the state? And I felt strongly that a brutal primary and a guaranteed runoff was not in the best interest of the state. But that what I could do would be to serve the city that I was born and raised in, gave me a chance to play in the NFL, to become a civil rights lawyer, serve President Obama, to be in Congress. I could go back to Congress and serve there at a time when we’re going to need our best players on the field and to put our strongest voices out there and that’s what I want to be for us.

Brian Tyler Cohen:

  • Allred: “What I can do is serve in a different way. I can run for Congress in this newly drawn, racially gerrymandered district in Dallas….We need strong voices in Congress to stand up to Trump, to speak about what’s going on for folks who are struggling with an affordability crisis all around our state, to deal with the rampant corruption that I think is eating away at the faith people have in our institutions. There’s a lot to do and I’m proud to have a chance to try and represent my hometown again.”

Meidas Touch:

  • Host: “You put out a statement in light of all of these issues there that are happening, your time is best spent running for this seat that you previously represented prior to your Senate run.

     

  • Allred: “For me it was a personal decision because I’ve developed a relationship and a lot of trust with so many Texans around the state. People come up to me and tell me their most intimate details of their personal lives and what they’re going through and how they’re hoping that somebody can help them. And I felt a responsibility to those folks to try and make sure we have a unified party going into November. And that I can best serve by looking at serving in my hometown, where I was born and raised, in Congress at a time where we’re losing voices and we need even stronger voices and need our best players in the field.

The Takeout with Major Garrett

  • Allred: But that what I could do is accept that they have gerrymandered our state ridiculously, that we are losing representation on the Democratic side, you know, in the House, but that we can have a strong voice representing Dallas going into the Congress to talk about what has to be done. Both to stand up to Donald Trump and to the affordability crisis that we’re facing and the corruption we’re facing, but also to talk to the Democratic Party about some of the lessons that we have to learn, reconnecting with working people and not being, you know, so associated with elite and elitism and being disconnected from folks. That, to me, is something we have to do as well, and that’s what I want to do representing Dallas.

The Parnas Perspective with Aaron Parnas: Colin Allred’s House Bid

  • Allred: The folks that I talk to on the road are looking for hope and someone who will see them and fight for them. And I can still do that by running to represent my hometown in this newly drawn district…This gives me a chance to be a strong voice in Congress, to help serve the folks I grew up around and to help our party going into November in a unified way.
  • Allred: Let’s be clear. No one is the incumbent in this district, because this district didn’t exist. And it’s something that, it’s a new district that has new district lines. And, you know, listen, Dallas knows me, and I know Dallas, and I’ve served us in Congress in a way that shows it’s possible to both fight for your values, but also do it with some integrity. I never traded a single stock when I was in Congress……I never took a dime of corporate PAC money because I don’t want anybody to think that when I’m making a decision, I’m doing it because some corporate interest is telling me to do it…..And so to me, it’s not just about what you say, but also how you do it, and how you go about trying to serve folks and trying to restore faith.
  • Allred: What I’m trying to do is unrig it and make sure we put power back in the hands of folks, and make sure they feel like their representative, whoever they may be, puts them as their first interest, not themselves or some other financial motive.

What They’re Scrolling: 

Jaime Harrison, former chair of the Democratic National Committee:

  • Colin saw what was at stake. A long, bruising Senate primary would only help Donald Trump and weaken Democrats when the future of our democracy is on the line. So he made a tough, selfless call — one that puts country over ego and people over politics. That’s who @ColinAllredTX is. Texans deserve leaders like that.  He is a true statesman! I’m proud to support him in TX-33.

Kristian Carranza, candidate for Texas House District 118:

  • I fully support @ColinAllredTX getting back to Congress in the community where he grew up. Never forget it’s the Republicans who racially gerrymandered our state—and it’s crucial that majority black and brown districts are represented by fighters like Colin. 🏈

Ryan Berni:

  • @ColinAllredTX has always fought hard for working people — from lowering costs to increasing access to care. I’m excited to support him as he runs to represent TX-33 again, because Texas families deserve a leader who works hard and delivers.

What They’re Reading: 

New Yorker:

  • Allred will earn some good will from Texas Democrats for making the Senate field less complicated.

Politico:

  • “In the past few days, I’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 Paxton, Cornyn or Hunt,” he said in a statement. “That’s why I’ve made the difficult decision to end my campaign for the U.S. Senate.”

Newsweek:

  • “But I’m nowhere near done serving my community and our state. Today, I’m announcing my campaign for Congress to represent the newly drawn Congressional District 33.”

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