Texas voters could decide control of the United States Senate this year. Democratic Congressman Colin Allred is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for Senate in a race that has attracted national attention.

Allred first considered going into sports law, but got into Texas politics in 2014 while working as a voter protection lawyer for then-gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis and Democratic political group, Battleground Texas. Allred was then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, defeating long-time Congressman Pete Sessions.