Colin Allred wins Texas’ 33rd Congressional District
Colin Allred is returning to the U.S. House after defeating Republican Patrick Gillespie in the race for Texas’ 33rd Congressional District on November 3. The district was recently redrawn and now lies entirely within Dallas County. Its residents include many Latinos, and the area generally favors Democrats.
Allred previously represented the neighboring 32nd District from 2019 to 2025. He lost a 2024 U.S. Senate bid, then entered the 2026 Senate race before switching to the newly configured House district. He won the Democratic nomination in a May 26 runoff with about 54% of the vote.
During the campaign, Allred emphasized easing household expenses, defending access to the ballot and opposing policies of the Trump administration. His platform included abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and moving its duties to other federal agencies, welcoming more legal immigrants, making medicines and housing more affordable, and adding $2,400 to yearly Social Security payments. He also backed a ban on congressional stock trading and changes to voter registration.
Gillespie, who had previously run against the district’s Democratic incumbent in 2022 and 2024, won the Republican nomination in a May 26 runoff with about 57%. His campaign called for stricter immigration enforcement, lower federal spending, a balanced budget and stronger national defense. Allred will succeed the Democratic representative who did not seek reelection after redistricting left his core supporters outside the district.
Allred’s win puts a voting-rights advocate back in Congress
Colin Allred’s victory in Texas’ 33rd District returns a Democrat to Congress with a campaign centered on working-family costs, voting rights and opposition to the Trump administration. He defeated Republican Patrick Gillespie on November 3 in a district redrawn to lie entirely within Dallas County and described as Democratic-leaning, with a large Latino population.
Allred, a former representative of the neighboring 32nd District, won his party’s May runoff with about 54% of the vote. After losing a 2024 Senate race, he briefly entered the 2026 Senate contest before turning to the House district.
His proposals included lowering prescription drug and housing costs, raising annual Social Security benefits by $2,400, expanding legal immigration and abolishing ICE, with its responsibilities shifted to other federal agencies. He also supported protecting voting rights, expanding voter registration and restricting congressional stock trading.
Gillespie’s campaign offered a sharply different approach, calling for stricter immigration enforcement, reduced federal spending, a balanced budget and stronger national defense. He won the Republican nomination with about 57% in the May runoff. Allred will replace the Democratic incumbent, who did not seek reelection after his political base was removed from the district in redistricting.
Allred returns to Congress with plans to abolish ICE
Colin Allred won a return to Congress in Texas’ 33rd District, defeating Republican Patrick Gillespie on November 3. The newly redrawn district lies entirely within Dallas County, where many residents are Latino and Democratic candidates tend to fare well.
Allred’s campaign emphasized lowering costs and protecting voting rights, but his platform also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and transferring its duties to other federal agencies. He supported expanding legal immigration, increasing annual Social Security benefits by $2,400, and reducing prescription drug and housing costs. He also backed restrictions on congressional stock trading.
Gillespie campaigned on stricter immigration enforcement, lower federal spending, balancing the budget and strengthening national defense—a contrasting approach to the immigration and spending policies Allred advocated. Gillespie secured about 57% in the Republican May runoff, while Allred won the Democratic nomination with about 54%.
Allred previously represented the neighboring 32nd District from 2019 to 2025. After losing a 2024 Senate race, he entered the 2026 Senate contest before shifting to the newly configured House seat. He will succeed the Democratic incumbent, who did not seek reelection after redistricting removed his core supporters from the district.
