Skip to main content
1 min read
◆ Mixed look for AllredElections / Campaigns

Colin Allred drops out of Texas Senate race

Allred ended his Senate campaign and said he would run for Congress in a newly drawn Texas district.

Colin Allred drops out of Texas Senate race
Image · Yahoo News

SOURCE CHECK

TAP FOR WHY
Host credibilityYahoo News74/100 HIGH
This article1 analysis · Oct 12, 2026

Credibility rates Yahoo News, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.

Republished

Republished from Politico. The relationship between the two publishers has not been determined.

Politico81/100 HIGH

228 stories · 80–81 · updated Oct 13, 2026

This is Politico's own score, and this article is credited to Politico. The host score in the Source Check is Yahoo News's.

Yahoo Newsvia Politico
Dec 8, 2025
tl;dr

Colin Allred ended his Texas Senate campaign and said he would run for Congress in a newly drawn district instead. His move reshapes the Democratic Senate primary and opens a House race in Rep. Julie Johnson’s district.

Community verdict

15 VOTES
How does this story look for
Colin Z. Allred Former U.S. Representative (D-TX)

Counts every outlet’s report of this story. See all 27

● OPEN
Votes cast on this page

Votes cast on this page: ▲ 0 · ◆ 0 · ▼ 0

People in this story

SWIPE →
Colin Z. Allred
Former U.S. Representative (D-TX)

Former Texas representative ending his Senate campaign and entering a House race

PRIMARY SUBJECT

Texas state representative and Democratic Senate primary candidate

Representative and prospective Democratic Senate candidate

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President of the United States, named in Allred’s criticism

Julie Johnson
D · TX-32

Representative whose House district Allred plans to contest

Wesley Hunt
R · TX-38

Texas representative and Republican Senate candidate

Ken Paxton
R · TX

Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate

Ted Cruz
R · TX · SEN

Texas senator who defeated Allred in 2024

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Texas senator seeking the Republican Senate nomination

Part of a bigger story

23 OUTLETS
Colin Allred Leaves Texas Senate Race to Run for House

Outlets agree that Colin Allred ended his Texas Senate campaign and announced a run for a newly drawn House district. Left-leaning outlets describe the switch as reshaping Democratic contests, with one highlighting the potential loss of LGBTQ+ representation in the House race. Center outlets mostly emphasize Allred’s stated wish to avoid a divisive primary and the resulting changes to both races. Right-leaning outlets more often frame the move as Democratic disarray or an opening for Crockett, with some stressing Allred’s electoral setbacks.

Discussion · 0

What's your take?

Loading comments…