<p>Yet another House Democrat is taking on Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ted-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX), whose re-election campaign immediately shot back at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024 election</a> challenger.</p>
<p>Rep. Colin Allred, a former Tennessee Titans linebacker and Obama administration official who has represented <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a>&#8216; 32nd district since 2019, announced his campaign on Wednesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’m running for U.S. Senate because Texans deserve a Senator whose team is Texas. Ted Cruz only cares about himself,&#8221; Allred said in a tweet.</p>
<p>In an accompanying video announcement, Allred knocked Cruz over various <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/obviously-a-mistake-sen-ted-cruz-admits-second-thoughts-about-cancun-flight-after-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">political matters</a> and the incumbent senator&#8217;s record. The video touted reports that Allred was the first member of Congress to take <a href="https://allred.house.gov/media/in-the-news/colin-allred-first-known-member-congress-take-paid-paternity-leave-now-hes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paid paternity leave</a> and the candidate talked about going from a &#8220;working class kid raised by a single mom&#8221; to making it to the NFL, law school, and then Congress.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m running for U.S. Senate because Texans deserve a Senator whose team is Texas. Ted Cruz only cares about himself.</p>
<p>Join our campaign today: <a href="https://t.co/2dROrrQrPV">https://t.co/2dROrrQrPV</a> <a href="https://t.co/9iz9yu1rFb">pic.twitter.com/9iz9yu1rFb</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Colin Allred (@ColinAllredTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/ColinAllredTX/status/1653727403536183301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Some people say a Democrat can&#8217;t win in Texas,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Well someone like me was never supposed to get this far. I&#8217;ve taken down a lot tougher guys than Ted Cruz. So let&#8217;s get on the field and find out.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruz told supporters in February that he would seek a third term in the Senate &#8220;so we keep Texas red,&#8221; <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ted-cruz-says-running-u-s-senate-re-election-17782481.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Houston Chronicle</a>. The senator won re-election in 2018 against another challenger from the House, then-Rep. Beto O&#8217;Rourke, after Cruz ran for president in the 2016 contest. O&#8217;Rourke, who <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/07/Beto-ORourke-80-million-raised/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised $80 million</a> in his campaign against Cruz, then ran against and lost to Republican Governor Greg Abbott in 2022.</p>
<p>In the first quarter of 2023, Cruz&#8217;s campaign said the senator raised $1.5 million, <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/14/ted-cruz-campaign-fundraising-million/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the Texas Tribune</a>. At that time, before Allred declared, he had $2 million cash on hand.</p>
<p>After Allred announced his bid on Wednesday, the Cruz campaign fired back in a statement obtained by The Daily Wire and a graphic that labeled the Democrat a &#8220;puppet&#8221; for House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tedcruz</a> campaign response . “Not only does Colin Allred vote with Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time, but his voting record is completely out-of-touch with Texas. Allred wants men to compete in women’s sports, isn’t serious about addressing the crisis at the border…” <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOX4</a> <a href="https://t.co/bwmxq3R8nW">pic.twitter.com/bwmxq3R8nW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Steven Dial (@StevenDialFox4) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenDialFox4/status/1653765412448878595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>“Democrats have once again turned to a far-left radical to run for Senate. Not only does Colin Allred vote with Nancy Pelosi 100% of the time, but his voting record is completely out-of-touch with Texas,&#8221; said Cruz spokesperson Nick Maddux.</p>
<p>Maddux then argued that Allred&#8217;s record and values are out of line with what Texans want.</p>
<p>&#8220;Allred wants men to compete in women’s sports, isn’t serious about addressing the crisis at the border, wants to take away law-abiding Texans’ guns, and is soft on punishing murderers,&#8221; Maddux said.</p>
<p>&#8220;Bottom line, Allred is too extreme for Texas. Thankfully, the Lone Star State has a tireless champion in Sen. Ted Cruz. For over a decade, Sen. Cruz has been leading the fight for jobs, freedom, and security in Texas,&#8221; Maddux said. &#8220;As Senator for Texas, Sen. Cruz will continue to do everything he can to bring more jobs to Texas, fight out-of-control government spending, and support the oil and gas industry from the attacks of Democrats like [President] Joe Biden and Colin Allred.&#8221;</p>

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