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Patrick David GillespieRepublicanColin AllredDemocratic
On ballot as
Patrick David Gillespie
Colin Allred
Current role
Technical and logistics roles at UPS Supply Chain Solutions
Not found
Background
- Born in Huntington, West Virginia; attended Marshall University
- Has worked at the Boeing Company, BAE Systems, American Airlines and Flextronics International,
- Was vice president of Local Lodge 2768 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
- Bachelor's degree Baylor University;
- J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Played in the NFL as a linebacker for the Tennessee Titans
- Worked as a civil rights attorney and at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama administration
Experience
- Republican nominee for the 33rd Congressional District in 2022 and 2024;
- Represented the 32nd Congressional District for three terms
- 2024 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate; lost to Sen. Ted Cruz,
- Dropped a 2026 U.S. Senate bid in December 2025 to run in the redrawn 33rd District
- Defeated U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson in the May 26, 2026 Democratic primary runoff
Top priorities
- "Had enough of watching the U.S.A. devolve into overt Marxist actions"
- Immigration: "We must have immigrants vetted and not allow an invasion of tens of thousands crossing our border illegally daily."
- Debt: "Stop spending money we don't have! Balance the budget and pay down the debt with any surplus."
- Fentanyl: "The pushers of this poison should be charged with Capital Murder."
- Climate: wants the U.S. to "get out of the Paris Climate Accords"
- Voting: "We have the correct laws in place: photo ID."
- Running "to lower costs and stop corrupt politicians like Donald Trump from rigging the economy against hard working Texans"
- His campaign site lists three agenda items: Immigration, Affordability and Corruption
- Affordability plan: "Require Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate prices on all drugs"
- Immigration plan: "fight to abolish ICE and build a just immigration system" and "Shut Down the For-Profit Immigration Enforcement Industry"
Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Immigration: See Priorities
- Guns: "Red flag laws are proving not to be a deterrent to gun violence." "I will not propose the abolition of the 2nd Amendment."
- Health care: critical of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and favors a return to pre-ACA arrangements
Claims and the record
- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Immigration: See Priorities
- Guns: Anti Guns and Second Amendment
- Health care: See Priorities
Claims and the record
- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
None found in our research
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price (primary)
- State Rep. Rhetta Bowers (primary)
- State Rep. Aicha Davis (primary)
- U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (primary runoff)
Patrick David Gillespie
Republican- On ballot as
- Patrick David Gillespie
- Current role
- Technical and logistics roles at UPS Supply Chain Solutions
- Background
- Born in Huntington, West Virginia; attended Marshall University
- Has worked at the Boeing Company, BAE Systems, American Airlines and Flextronics International,
- Was vice president of Local Lodge 2768 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
- Experience
- Republican nominee for the 33rd Congressional District in 2022 and 2024;
- Top priorities
- "Had enough of watching the U.S.A. devolve into overt Marxist actions"
- Immigration: "We must have immigrants vetted and not allow an invasion of tens of thousands crossing our border illegally daily."
- Debt: "Stop spending money we don't have! Balance the budget and pay down the debt with any surplus."
- Fentanyl: "The pushers of this poison should be charged with Capital Murder."
- Climate: wants the U.S. to "get out of the Paris Climate Accords"
- Voting: "We have the correct laws in place: photo ID."
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Immigration: See Priorities
- Guns: "Red flag laws are proving not to be a deterrent to gun violence." "I will not propose the abolition of the 2nd Amendment."
- Health care: critical of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and favors a return to pre-ACA arrangements
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- patrickgillespie4congress33.com
Colin Allred
Democratic- On ballot as
- Colin Allred
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Bachelor's degree Baylor University;
- J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Played in the NFL as a linebacker for the Tennessee Titans
- Worked as a civil rights attorney and at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama administration
- Experience
- Represented the 32nd Congressional District for three terms
- 2024 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate; lost to Sen. Ted Cruz,
- Dropped a 2026 U.S. Senate bid in December 2025 to run in the redrawn 33rd District
- Defeated U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson in the May 26, 2026 Democratic primary runoff
- Top priorities
- Running "to lower costs and stop corrupt politicians like Donald Trump from rigging the economy against hard working Texans"
- His campaign site lists three agenda items: Immigration, Affordability and Corruption
- Affordability plan: "Require Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate prices on all drugs"
- Immigration plan: "fight to abolish ICE and build a just immigration system" and "Shut Down the For-Profit Immigration Enforcement Industry"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Immigration: See Priorities
- Guns: Anti Guns and Second Amendment
- Health care: See Priorities
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas AFT
- Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price (primary)
- State Rep. Rhetta Bowers (primary)
- State Rep. Aicha Davis (primary)
- U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (primary runoff)
- Campaign website
- colinallred.com
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