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| COLIN ALLRED | TED CRUZ Incumbent |
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| INTRODUCTION | Colin Allred (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Texas' 32nd Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2019. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.Colin Allred was born and lives in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Hillcrest High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
Before being elected to Congress, Allred played football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tennessee Titans. After leaving the NFL, Allred earned a law degree and began practicing law. He then worked in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama administration.
Source BallotPedia.org | Assumed office on January 3, 2013. His current term ends on January 3, 2025. Cruz (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.[source] Cruz previously served as Solicitor General for Texas from 2003-2008, during which he argued nine cases before the Supreme Court. He won re-election in 2018, defeating Beto O'Rourke in the general election. The race saw the most spending in U.S. history specifically by the candidates themselves.[1] Cruz ran for the Republican Party nomination for president in 2016.[2] He suspended his presidential campaign on May 3, 2016, after losing the Indiana Republican primary to Donald Trump.[3] Cruz was one of four Latino U.S. senators serving in the 115th Congress.[4] Cruz was included on President Donald Trump’s (R) list of 20 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees released on September 9, 2020.[5] President Trump (R) nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the seat on September 26, 2020. For more information on the 2020 Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020, click here.
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| Career | | 2013-Present: U.S. Senator from Texas
2003-2008: Solicitor General of Texas
1995-2003: Worked in the following positions: law clerk to Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, associate deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice and director of the Office of Policy Planning for the Federal Trade Commission.
1995: Graduated from Harvard University with J.D.
1992: Graduated from Princeton University with B.A. |
| Prior offices | U.S. House Texas District 32 | Solicitor General of Texas
Senator 2013 - Present |
| Compensation | | Base salary $174,000
Net worth (2012) $3,094,523 |
| Campaign finance | | Total Raised $17,812,695
Total Spent $15,686,140 |
| Top Contributors | | Republican/Conservative $1,574,249
Lawyers/Law Firms $930,584
Oil & Gas $927,368
Retired $832,361
Securities & Investment $684,141 |
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| Noteworthy events | | Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023 Source Ballotpedia |
| Education | Bachelor's-Baylor University
Law-University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law | Bachelor's-Princeton University
Law-Harvard |
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| Profession | | Attorney |
| Religion | | Christian: Baptist |
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