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Dallas Democrat Colin Allred announces 2024 challenge to Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz

Allred was first elected to Congress in 2018 and quickly became a rising Democratic star. Cruz is Texas’ junior senator and unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, speaking at a hearing at the U.S. Capitol of the House Judiciary Committee Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Feb. 9, 2023.


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