TX-32: Sessions Moves from Lean Republican to Toss Up
Multiple Republican operatives familiar with Texas polling data are convinced GOP Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-32) is, at the moment, the most vulnerable incumbent in the Lone Star State. The powerful House Rules Committee chair's rapidly moderating Dallas district voted for Hillary Clinton 48 percent to 47 percent in 2016. And despite serving as NRCC chair in 2010 and 2012, Sessions hasn't had to run a competitive race since 2004.
Moreover, Democrats' nominee offers a stark contrast to Sessions. In late May, civil rights attorney Colin Allred won the Democratic runoff with 70 percent of the vote. Allred was a star linebacker at Dallas's Hillcrest High School and went on to play for Baylor University and four seasons on special teams for the Tennessee Titans. Allred, a 35 year old African-American, is 28 years younger than the 11-term incumbent.
Allred raised $1 million for the primary phase and will highlight his life story, including being raised by a poor single mother who taught in Dallas public schools (by contrast, Sessions is the son of a former FBI director), playing in the NFL and earning his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Democrats view Allred's profile as symbolic of this highly professional, suburban district that is almost 50 percent non-white.
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