2018 CANDIDATE PROGRAM Colin Allred (D-TX-32) Current Seat Holder Pete Sessions Seat Status Leans Republican Colin Allred is a civil rights attorney and Dallas native running for office for the first time in 2018. Allred deferred his acceptance to UC-Berkeley Law School to play for the Biographical Sketch Tennessee Titans for five seasons, after which time he worked as an attorney for the Department of HUD. He now specializes in voting rights litigation with Perkins Coie law firm in Dallas. Receipts: $1,001,638.90 Individual: $921,936.83 Disbursements: $738,745.46 FEC Filing as of PAC: $53,200.00 Cash on Hand: $262,893.44 03/31/2018 Party: $0 Debt: $44,978.50 Candidate: $0 Other: $0 Polling Not Yet Available Endorsements Human Rights Campaign. TX AFL-CIO. Sen. Kamala Harris. Sec. Juliàn Castro. Wendy Davis 1. Healthcare 4. Voting Rights Top Campaign Issues 2. Jobs and Economy 5. Women’s Rights 3. LGBTQ Rights 6. Education Allred is campaigning on promises to protect and expand the ACA, expand Medicaid coverage in TX, Role of Healthcare enact a Medicare buy-in program, and lower prescription drug costs and premiums. Allred hopes to in the Campaign do the latter by using the government’s purchasing power to negotiate drug and care costs. Texas’ 32nd district is located in the heart of the state and contains parts of Dallas and Collin counties. The district is unusually diverse, as 24% of the population is Hispanic and 14.4% is Black. District Profile The district is 99.85% urban, and voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. 2016 Presidential Vote: Clinton 48.5%, Trump 46.6% Cook’s Partisan Voter Index: 2016 Congressional Vote: Sessions 71.1%, Rankin 19% R+5 Campaign Manager Marika Bresler Contact Information https://www.linkedin.com/in/marika-bresler-41493860/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColinAllredTX Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/colinallredtx Updated 6/19/18 Candidate profiles, including race projections, are updated quarterly until August 1 and monthly thereafter. The latest HLC race projections are available on the HLC Candidate Program website under “Open Seats” and “Other Races to Watch” respectively. All posted information has been provided by the HLC Regional Director and various sources including National Journal, The Cook Political Report, the Federal Election Committee, the candidate’s website, etc. and not directly provided by the candidate. For more information contact HLC Regional Director– Kiley Raper-- Phone: 405-488-0541– Email: [email protected] .