Allred pulled to the front of a crowded field in which Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio was his toughest competitor.
While Allred faced a total of nine opponents in the primary, his toughest was state Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio. Gutierrez, whose district includes Uvalde, was catapulted into the national spotlight after he fought for gun-control legislation in the wake of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.
If elected this fall, Allred — a civil-rights lawyer and former NFL linebacker — would be Texas' first Black U.S. senator. No Democrat has won a statewide office in Texas since the 1990s, although former Democratic El Paso congressman Beto O'Rourke came close in 2018 when he came within three points of defeating Cruz.
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