Colin Alred planning to run against Cruz? (Carville & Hunt's War Room)

[eTXwLA]

On yesterday's episode of the Politics War Room podcast, Carville asked Alred outright if he's planning on running for senate againt Ted Cruz. He responded by saying Cruz has to go and why (sounded like a campaign speech) and didn't say yes or no. But his language and tone seemed very interested.

I think he would be as close to the perfect Turn Texas Blue candidate as we'll find. (I'm in East TX).

[2naSalit]

1. Interesting.

I hope cruz gets ousted and hard.

Welcome to DU!

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Who is Colin Alred? Nt

[eTXwLA]

4. Dallas-area Dem congressman, elected in 2018. Former NFL player.

[ananda]

3. Works for me.

Cruz gotta go!

[MagickMuffin]

5. I'd vote for Colin, but it's still too early to know for sure

Not sure if any other congressional people run, or some unknown?


But I’m ready to unseat lying Ted Cruz!

[brooklynite]

6. What people fail to realize is that a "close race" in Texas isn't close....

In 2018, Cruz beat O'Rourke by 2%. In almost any State that would be a close race. But, given the number of votes cast in Texas, that's a margin to overcome of more than 200,000 votes.

I'm not getting my hopes up that a local Congressman will do that well in a Statewide race.

[broiles]

7. Great!

Colin is the best candidate we can get for the job of eliminating Cruz. He's smart, articulate, well educated and good looking (which always helps).

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Collin Allred is a great congressperson

I love the fact that Collin is a former voting rights attorney.

[UTUSN]

9. Sounds *GREAT* - stronger than Beto/Wendy/ex-Dallas sheriff

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Allred

Colin Zachary Allred

(born April 15, 1983) is an American politician, lawyer, and former professional football player. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the U.S. representative from Texas's 32nd congressional district. The district includes the northeastern corner of Dallas, as well as many of its northeastern suburbs, such as Garland, Richardson, Sachse, Wylie, the Park Cities, and Rowlett.

Allred is a lawyer and former linebacker who played for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He left football to pursue a degree in law, receiving his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by positions in both the Obama administration[1] and the U.S. Attorney's office.[2]

After his football career, Allred enrolled in law school. After receiving his J.D. degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 2014,[6] he worked as a special assistant in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of General Counsel alongside then-Secretary Julian Castro in the Obama administration.[8]

Subsequently, Allred worked as an attorney at the Perkins Coie law firm, where he was a voting rights litigator and counsel to clients including national and state political candidates and advocacy organizations.[8][9]

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[Polybius]

10. As long as it's someone other than Beto count me in

[Vogon_Glory]

11. I think he's planning to run for Cancun Cruz's seat

I live in Texas and I’m already being hit up on line for campaign contributions. I think he’s planning to run for Senate.