Colin Allred, Julie Johnson Head To Runoff Election In Texas | EUROtoday

WASHINGTON ― Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) and Democratic congressional candidate Colin Allred are headed to a runoff election after neither secured sufficient votes to win outright in Tuesday night time’s major election.

Allred had a robust lead within the race, however did not win greater than 50% of the vote as two different Democratic contenders pulled votes from him and Johnson. The two will now face one another completely within the runoff election on May 26.

Both are working to be the Democratic nominee for Texas’ thirty third Congressional District, which Republicans just lately redrew amid partisan redistricting. Johnson at present represents the thirty second Congressional District, a Dallas-area neighborhood, and Allred jumped into the race in December after dropping a Senate bid.

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), who at present represents this district, isn’t working for reelection because the newly drawn map now not features a portion of Fort Worth, the place he lives. This seat is solidly Democraticwhich means whoever wins the runoff will nearly actually go on to win the final election in November.

It’s been a testy major. Allred beforehand endorsed Johnson in 2024, when she ran for the House seat he was leaving to run for Senate. But they led combative campaigns in opposition to one another after Allred abruptly determined to run in opposition to her this time round.

Johnson attacked Allred for voting for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation insurance policies and for being “out for himself,” accusing him of launching a last-ditch House bid as “a consolation prize” after failing to advance in his Senate marketing campaign. Allred had been working to problem Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), however dropped out after polls confirmed him trailing different Democratic contenders like Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico.

“Allred embodies the worst about today’s politics of ambition,” reads her marketing campaign web site.

Meanwhile, Allred went after Johnson for buying and selling shares from Palantir, an organization that works with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Voters can’t trust Julie Johnson to fight Donald Trump and ICE; they make her too much money,” reads his marketing campaign web site.

(She responded that she solely made $90 from her trades.)

Allred had extra identify recognition heading into this race, and more cash. He raised greater than $5.4 million as of Feb. 11, and had roughly $858,000 money readily available, per FEC filings. Johnson raised greater than $1.5 million as of Feb. 11, and had about $550,000 money readily available, per FEC filings.