GOP opposition to Colin Allred starts to take shape after he turned a Dallas-area U.S. House seat

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GOP opposition to Colin Allred starts to take shape after he turned a Dallas-area U.S. House seat blue


by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune.


The Republican primary to challenge U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, is finally starting to take shape.

One candidate, former Navy SEAL Floyd McLendon, entered the race Monday. And more announcements are expected before the end of the summer as the opposition begins to crystallize for what will be an uphill battle. Allred easily flipped the 32nd District last year as he unseated U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas.

The national GOP is targeting the district in 2020, though compared to Texas' seven other battleground congressional races, the challenger lineup has been slow to develop. Republicans have waited to see if Sessions attempts a comeback and have been sizing up the political landscape of a presidential-election year in bluer and bluer Dallas County.

"I think it will be a tough race but is winnable by Republicans," said Wade Emmert, former chairman of the county GOP. "It’s always true that turnout drives the result, but that is probably more true with President Trump on the ballot. To win, a Republican candidate will have to embrace the Republican base, including Trump, but differentiate himself or herself enough to speak to the specific issues of TX-32."

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/07/29/republican-primary-challenge-colin-allred-starts-take-shape/

[Gothmog]

1. Colin is a good man and I have already donated to him