Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) is reportedly considering running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during the 2024 cycle.
Over recent weeks, Allred's team has been meeting with strategists in the hope of charting out a statewide campaign to unseat Cruz while also assessing the cost of such a run, according to multiple reports.Allred, a former NFL player and special assistant in the Obama-era Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of General Counsel, secured a breakthrough congressional win for Texas's 32nd Congressional District in 2018. He bested former Rep.
Although he is widely seen as a rising star in North Texas among Democrats, his profile is less known nationally compared to Cruz's prior opponent, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke , who ran within about 2.6 percentage points of Cruz in 2018. During his last Senate run, Cruz was plagued by rumors that he was harboring national ambitions following his unsuccessful 2016 presidential campaign. In 2018, Cruz successfully battled off O'Rourke despite the Democratic hopeful raising a record-breaking $80 million in campaign firepower. By comparison, Cruz only raised $38.9 million.
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