Dallas Democratic Rep. Considering Challenging Cruz For Senate Seat

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In 2018, Colin Allred beat Republican Pete Sessions to flip a Dallas congressional district from red to blue.

Now the former NFL player and Hillcrest High School standout is considering challenging incumbent Ted Cruz for Senate in 2024, according to 11 Democrats and activists contacted by The Dallas Morning News. The move would put him in line to make history, or become the next candidate in a long string of Democratic Party disappointments.

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U S. Sen. Ted Cruz To Seek Third Term In 2024

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Ted Cruz said over the weekend that he will seek a third term in the U.S. Senate in 2024, though he also did not rule out running for president.

“I'm running for reelection in the Senate, I’m focused on the battles in the United States Senate,” Cruz told reporters after addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas. He said

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Democrats Can't Seem to Break Through the Firewall of Rural Texas

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In 2018, as a candidate for US Senate, Beto O’Rourke put more work into campaigning in rural Texas than perhaps any statewide Democratic candidate ever has. He visited all 254 counties, campaigning in communities where many had not seen a Democrat running for senator in their entire lifetime.

Still, he lost rural Texas by the same kind of landslide as Democrats who came before him.

Rural Texas remains a firewall that Democrats can't seem to break through.

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