COLIN ALLRED

Running for U.S. Senate

Colin has spent his time in Congress working with both parties to do what’s right for our state. It’s time Texas had a Senator we can count on.

Colin believes health care is a right and every Texan deserves access to quality, affordable health care.

His priorities are:

  • Lowering prescription drug costs

  • Putting quality, affordable health care in reach for every Texan

  • Restoring and protecting women’s reproductive rights

  • Expanding access to health care in rural communities where hospital closures have created a crisis of care

  • Investing in addiction treatment services to help combat the opioid and fentanyl epidemic

  • Holding big pharmaceutical and insurance companies accountable for price gouging and denials of treatment

  • Increasing access to mental health services

Health Care

Reproductive Rights

Colin believes women should have the freedom to make their own reproductive health care decisions, without interference from the government. 

Colin’s also worked to expand access to affordable birth control and over-the-counter contraception to reduce teen pregnancy and give women more control over their future.

Jobs and Economic Growth

Colin lived his version of the American Dream here in Texas and is committed to restoring this fundamental promise for future generations by fighting for good-paying jobs and an economy that works for everyone.

Colin will continue to champion small businesses, stand up for fair wages and good benefits for workers, invest in skills training, and work to bring more manufacturing jobs back home to America.

Colin believes we must prepare the next generation of Texans for the jobs of the future by expanding access to community colleges and strengthening job training programs. He believes we must drive down the cost of higher education across the board, so that middle class families aren’t saddled with thousands of dollars in debt to get a college degree. Colin knows how hard teachers work, and strongly supports efforts in the state legislature to raise teachers’ pay.

Education

In Congress, Colin has fought to keep our border and communities secure by ensuring our law enforcement is equipped with the training and tools they need. Colin has worked to protect Dreamers, and voted for the bipartisan Dream and Promise Act — a common-sense solution to ensure these young people who are here through no fault of their own can stay in the only country they have ever known.

Immigration

As a voting rights lawyer and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Colin is a leading voice for protecting and expanding democracy here at home and abroad.

Defending Our Democracy

Texas has a strong heritage of responsible gun ownership – and we should be proud of our state’s history of marksmanship, hunting, and self-reliance. 

Colin supports common-sense safe storage laws for firearms so that young children aren’t able to accidentally injure or kill themselves or their siblings, or criminals aren’t able to steal them and use them in violent crimes.

Whether it’s suicides, homicides in Texas inner cities, or mass shootings at our schools and places of worship, the rate of gun deaths in this state is unacceptable. Colin wants to bring Texans together to find common-sense solutions that will simultaneously protect our constitutional rights – and save lives.

Gun Violence Prevention

As a civil rights attorney, Colin believes we must stand united against all forms of prejudice and discrimination. He’s been an outspoken supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, proudly supporting passage of legislation enshrining marriage equality into law and voting to protect Texans from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender.

Equality Under the Law

We can protect our environment, combat climate change, lower energy costs and incentivize economic growth simultaneously. We need an all-of-the-above energy strategy that keeps costs low and helps create a more reliable electric grid. 

It’s clear there will be an economic competition to lead the clean energy future, and Colin knows that if we’re going to keep these jobs in Texas, we have to make the investments necessary to beat China and lead the world.

Energy and the Environment

Seniors

Colin is deeply committed to protecting Medicare and Social Security for Texas seniors who spent a lifetime paying into those programs and rely on them to retire with dignity and security. He has repeatedly stood up to right-wing efforts to cut benefits and privatize Social Security or turn Medicare into a voucher system.

Colin supports an expansion of Medicaid that would help low-income seniors be able to afford assisted living and full-time care when they need it.

Learn more about Colin’s campaign at his website: https://colinallred.com/