Colin Allred Confirms Jasmine Crockett Pushed Him Out of Texas Senate Race

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Dec 8th, 2025, 1:35 pm

Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) said Monday that he is dropping out of the Texas Senate primary as speculation grows that Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) will announce a run for the seat.

Allred served as the Representative for Texas’s 32nd congressional district from 2019 through January of this year before announcing he was running to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). But with speculation that Crockett may pivot to the Senate, Allred said he’s setting his sights on the House once again in the newly redrawn 33rd congressional district.

Allred told CNN’s Dana Bash that he wasn’t interested in going through a “bruising primary” and runoff that’s “not in the be

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