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BIOGUIDE A000376 · FEC H8TX32098

Colin Allred

Former U.S. Representative (TX-32, 2019-2025); civil rights attorneyD

Race
U.S. House · Texas's 33rd District
Result
Colin Allred, projected winner
Opponents
Patrick Gillespie (R); Michelle Craig (IND)
Research
Basic

Party line11 votes tracked

11With Democrats
0Against
0Didn't vote

With party = voted the same way as most Democrats who voted.

Said vs. did8 statements · 11 votes

I will fight to protect the freedom to access the health care you need, including access to an abortion.

Protect legal access to abortion

Compare statements with votes ›

On the ballotU.S. House · 33

2026-11-03

Colin Allred Dchallenger
Patrick Gillespie Rchallenger
Michelle Craig INDchallenger

Won the Democratic primary runoff, defeating incumbent Rep. Julie Johnson

Said vs. did

Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.

Protect legal access to abortionSupports
I will fight to protect the freedom to access the health care you need, including access to an abortion.

Says he will fight to protect access to abortion.[5]

  • YESWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24).[6]
  • YESWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15).[7]

2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement

Stricter gun lawsSupports
support common sense approaches to reducing gun violence such as criminal background checks on all gun sales

Says he supports background checks on all gun sales and red-flag laws.[5]

  • YESBipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8, 2019-02-27), which would have required background checks on most private gun sales.[8]
  • YESAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29), which would have banned the sale of many semiautomatic assault weapons.[9]
  • YESBipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24), which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state red-flag programs.[10]

3 of 3 votes point the same way as the statement

Expand public health coverageSupports

Says he supports protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act and access to affordable health care.

Documented position[5]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Universal, publicly funded child careSupports

Supports investments in affordable child care and early childhood education.

Documented position[5]

  • YESBuild Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.[11]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Expand immigration enforcement and deportationsOpposes
Colin will fight to abolish ICE and build a just immigration system in Congress

Calls for abolishing ICE and moving its functions to other agencies, and for ending indefinite detention.[12]

  • NOSecure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).[13]
  • YESAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6, 2019-06-04; 2021-03-18).[14][15]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Broad tariffs on imported goodsOpposes
Repeal Trump's tariffs with targeted exceptions for national security and reassert the constitutional authority of Congress over trade policy

Calls for repealing the Trump tariffs, with targeted exceptions for national security.[16]

No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.

Raise taxes on high earners or corporationsSupports
require the wealthiest Americans to pay in at the same rate as everyone else

Calls for requiring the wealthiest Americans to pay into Social Security at the same rate as everyone else.[16]

  • YESInflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.[17]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Faster transition away from fossil fuelsSupports
Reverse Trump's cuts to renewable power and eliminate costly energy tariffs

Calls for reversing the Trump administration's cuts to renewable power.[16]

  • YESBuild Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.[11][17]

1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement

Raise the minimum wage

No statement on this issue in our sources.

  • YESRaise the Wage Act (H.R. 582, 2019-07-18).[18]

Biography

Democrat Colin Allred won the election for Texas's 33rd District on November 3, 2026, defeating Patrick Gillespie, according to unofficial results, and is set to take office when the new Congress convenes on January 3, 2027. A former NFL linebacker and civil rights attorney, he represented the old Texas 32nd District as a Democrat from 2019 to 2025, left the House to run for U.S. Senate in 2024 and lost to Ted Cruz. He then ended a second Senate campaign to run in the redrawn 33rd District, defeating incumbent Rep. Julie Johnson in the May 26, 2026 Democratic runoff.[1][2][3][4]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Colin Allred was born April 15, 1983, in Dallas, Texas, and was raised by his mother, a public school teacher. He graduated from Hillcrest High School in Dallas.[2][1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 2005, where he played linebacker on the football team.[2][1] Allred signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2006 and played linebacker in the NFL, for five seasons according to his campaign website, until a neck injury in 2010 ended his career.[2][1][19]

He then earned a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2014.[2][1] After law school, Allred worked for Battleground Texas as Dallas-Fort Worth regional director of voter protection, served as a special assistant in the Obama administration's Department of Housing and Urban Development, and later worked as a civil rights and voting-rights litigator at the law firm Perkins Coie.[2][1][3] He won the Democratic nomination in 2018 and defeated Republican incumbent Pete Sessions in the general election for the 32nd District, then was re-elected in 2020 and 2022, serving from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2025.[2]

In Congress, Allred served on the Foreign Affairs and Transportation and Infrastructure committees, and on Veterans' Affairs in the 116th and 117th Congresses, according to Ballotpedia.[1] He ran for U.S. Senate in 2024 rather than seeking re-election, winning the Democratic nomination and losing the general election to Ted Cruz, 53.1% to 44.6%.[1][2] Allred announced a 2026 Senate campaign in July 2025 and ended it in December 2025 to run for the 33rd District. He won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary with 45.5% and the May 26 runoff over Rep. Julie Johnson, 54.0% to 46.0%.[1][2][3] Allred won the November 3, 2026 general election with 78.6% of the vote to Patrick Gillespie's 21.4%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[4]

Recent votes

DateParty lineMeasure
2023-05-11With partyvoted noSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passageH.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–211 · Republicans 219–2
2022-08-12With partyvoted yesInflation Reduction Act — final House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–207 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 0–207
2022-07-29With partyvoted yesAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passageH.R. 1808 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 215–5 · Republicans 2–208
2022-07-15With partyvoted yesWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passageH.R. 8296 · Passed 219–210 · roll call ↗Democrats 219–1 · Republicans 0–209
2022-06-24With partyvoted yesBipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passageS. 2938 · Passed 234–193 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 14–193
2021-11-19With partyvoted yesBuild Back Better Act — House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–1 · Republicans 0–212
2021-09-24With partyvoted yesWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passageH.R. 3755 · Passed 218–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 218–1 · Republicans 0–210
2021-03-18With partyvoted yesAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passageH.R. 6 · Passed 228–197 · roll call ↗Democrats 219–0 · Republicans 9–197

Showing the 8 most recent of 11 votes.

All 11 recorded votes
DateParty lineMeasure
2023-05-11With partyvoted noSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passageH.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 0–211 · Republicans 219–2Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.
2022-08-12With partyvoted yesInflation Reduction Act — final House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–207 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 0–207Enacted clean-energy and climate tax credits, a 15% minimum tax on large corporations' book income, a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks, and Medicare drug-price negotiation.
2022-07-29With partyvoted yesAssault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passageH.R. 1808 · Passed 217–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 215–5 · Republicans 2–208Would have banned the sale, manufacture and import of many semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
2022-07-15With partyvoted yesWomen's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passageH.R. 8296 · Passed 219–210 · roll call ↗Democrats 219–1 · Republicans 0–209Passed after Dobbs; would have created a federal statutory right to abortion services and limited state restrictions.
2022-06-24With partyvoted yesBipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passageS. 2938 · Passed 234–193 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–0 · Republicans 14–193Expanded background checks for buyers under 21, funded state red-flag and crisis-intervention programs, and narrowed the "boyfriend loophole."
2021-11-19With partyvoted yesBuild Back Better Act — House passageH.R. 5376 · Passed 220–213 · roll call ↗Democrats 220–1 · Republicans 0–212Would have funded clean-energy tax credits, universal pre-kindergarten and child-care subsidies, and extended health-coverage subsidies; it did not pass the Senate.
2021-09-24With partyvoted yesWomen's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passageH.R. 3755 · Passed 218–211 · roll call ↗Democrats 218–1 · Republicans 0–210Would have created a federal statutory right for providers to offer, and patients to receive, abortion services, limiting state restrictions.
2021-03-18With partyvoted yesAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passageH.R. 6 · Passed 228–197 · roll call ↗Democrats 219–0 · Republicans 9–197Would have created a path to permanent legal status for many undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and for certain TPS and DED holders.
2019-07-18With partyvoted yesRaise the Wage Act — House passageH.R. 582 · Passed 231–199 · roll call ↗Democrats 228–7 · Republicans 3–192Would have raised the federal minimum wage in steps from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2025.
2019-06-04With partyvoted yesAmerican Dream and Promise Act of 2019 — House passageH.R. 6 · Passed 237–187 · roll call ↗Democrats 230–0 · Republicans 7–187Would have created a path to permanent legal status for many undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and for certain TPS and DED holders.
2019-02-27With partyvoted yesBipartisan Background Checks Act — House passageH.R. 8 · Passed 240–190 · roll call ↗Democrats 232–2 · Republicans 8–188Would have required background checks for most firearm transfers between private parties.

On the record

Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.

  • actionNamed the most bipartisan member of the Texas congressional delegation during his House service, according to his campaign; was a member of the Bipartisan Paid Leave Working Group and took paternity leave after the births of his sons.[5]

In their own words

Priorities

  • Says he delivered more than $135 million in federal funding for public transportation, health care, affordable housing and law enforcement within the district while in Congress, and led the effort to open a new VA hospital in Garland.[5]
  • Says he will fight to protect the Affordable Care Act and expand access to affordable health care.[5]
  • Supports investments in child care, early childhood education, and job and skills training.[5]
Campaign money$7.4M raised · 98% from individuals · FEC through 2026-06-30

Totals this cycle

Raised$7.4M
Spent$7.3M
Cash on hand$160K

Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.

Who gave

  • Individuals $3.1M
  • PACs & committees $63K

Largest committee contributions

  1. Smart Td PAC PAC$5,000
  2. Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater America PAC$5,000
  3. National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee PAC$5,000
  4. The Ai Policy Network Inc Aipn PAC Inc PAC$5,000
  5. National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC PAC$5,000
  6. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education PAC$5,000
  7. Diamondback Energy, Inc. Political Action Committee (Diamondback Energy PAC) PAC$5,000
  8. NEA Fund for Children and Public Education PAC$4,000
  9. League of Conservation Voters Action Fund PAC$2,600
  10. Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions Committee PAC$2,500

Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗

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Sources cited in this profile

  1. 1.Colin Allred · Ballotpedia (quoting Allred's campaign website and 2024 Candidate Connection survey) Candidate's own words
  2. 2.Colin Allred · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  3. 3.Colin Allred (D) defeated incumbent Julie Johnson (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas' 33rd Congressional District on May 26, 2026 · Ballotpedia News · 2026-05-27 Reference
  4. 4.Texas's 33rd District election results 2026 · NBC News News report
  5. 5.Colin Allred · Ballotpedia (quoting Allred's campaign website and 2024 Candidate Connection survey) Candidate's own words
  6. 6.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-09-24 Official record
  7. 7.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-15 Official record
  8. 8.Roll call: Bipartisan Background Checks Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-02-27 Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-29 Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-06-24 Official record
  11. 11.Roll call: Build Back Better Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-11-19 Official record
  12. 12.Immigration agenda — Allred for Texas · Allred for Texas campaign website Candidate's own words
  13. 13.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  14. 14.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-06-04 Official record
  15. 15.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-03-18 Official record
  16. 16.Affordability agenda — Allred for Texas · Allred for Texas campaign website Candidate's own words
  17. 17.Roll call: Inflation Reduction Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-08-12 Official record
  18. 18.Roll call: Raise the Wage Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-07-18 Official record
  19. 19.Allred for Texas · Allred for Texas · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words