Rep. Colin Allred Wins Texas Dem US Senate Primary

The Texas Tribune reports:

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, will challenge Sen. Ted Cruz in November after defeating a crowded field of Democrats on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Allred easily prevailed over state Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio who was also vying for the nomination.

“I want every Texan to know, whether you’re a Democrat, an independent or a Republican that I want you to be involved in this campaign and I want to serve you in the United States Senate,” Allred said at his election night party.

Allred, who would be Texas’ first ever Black U.S. senator if elected in November, was ebullient at his election party in Dallas and thanked Gutierrez for running a “classy” campaign that stuck to the issues. He said it was contrast to Cruz, whom he described as a “me-guy.”

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