Texas Politics

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) announced Dec. 8 he will forgo reelection in the redrawn 33rd Congressional District and will run for Tarrant County Judge, challenging incumbent Tim O’Hare. Veasey cited what he called racially gerrymandered maps and said the county is at a crossroads, while O’Hare’s campaign criticized his record; the shift comes as other Democrats, including former Rep. Colin Allred and Rep. Julie Johnson, eye the newly configured TX‑33 seat.

Colin Allred has exited the Democratic primary for the Texas Senate and is instead launching a comeback bid for the U.S. House, saying he wants to avoid a “bruising Senate primary and runoff” that could hurt Democrats in the general election. He will run in a newly drawn Dallas–Fort Worth district that includes much of the area he represented from 2019–2025; most of that new district is currently represented by Rep. Marc Veasey, who plans to run in a neighboring district.