Former Congressman Colin Allred announced Monday that he is ending his campaign for the U.S. Senate and will instead run for Congress to represent Texas’s newly drawn 33rd Congressional District.

The former Dallas congressman said he wanted to help his party avoid a runoff. He will face U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, his successor in Congress.

Allred is out just hours before Jasmine Crockett is expected to announce her own run for Senate. Allred said he is leaving to avoid a costly runoff.

Direct punches have been few and far between on the Democratic Party side of the 2026 U.S. Senate nomination fight, but that changed Wednesday when two of the race’s heavy hitters – Mallory McMorrow and Haley Stevens – threw their respective gloves to the ground.

Former Dallas Congressman Colin Allred discusses how he came to the decision to drop out of the U.S. Senate race and run for the 33rd Congressional district instead. Allred believes his prior experience in the Obama administration and six years in Congress positions will aid him in being more effective.

Amid consistently bleak forecasts for farmers' financial outlooks in 2026 from Arkansas economists, agricultural and finance experts, Arkansas' representatives in Congress, Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton,

From “shortsighted” to “borderline infuriating,” Western Slope Coloradans are blasting federal lawmakers’ failure to extend health care subsidies as many face a surge in their insurance costs next month.

A court ruling and ongoing standoff between the Trump administration and Delaware's senators prompted the resignation of Delaware's U.S. attorney.

With ACA subsidies expiring December 31, Ohio's congressional delegation is deeply divided along party lines on extending the credits, leaving families uncertain about their 2026 healthcare costs.