A Conversation with Colin Allred

Join The Texas Tribune in person or on our livestream for a conversation with Colin Allred, Democratic candidate for Texas' 32nd Congressional District, moderated by Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith.Allred, a civil rights attorney, is the Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, in Texas’ 32nd Congressional District. After a career in the NFL, Allred started his legal career as a special assistant in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of General Counsel, where he worked with then-Secretary Julián Castro. Allred put his legal skills to work as the Dallas-Fort Worth director of the first-ever statewide coordinated voter protection program during the 2014 gubernatorial election. In the second quarter of 2018, Allred’s campaign raised more than $1 million, with 99 percent of the contributions coming in at $100 or less.