Texas — 33rd District

Colin Allred

Supports reform and humane border policies

Colin Allred highlights immigration as a core agenda item on his campaign platform. He criticizes deadly enforcement tactics under Donald Trump and advocates for constructive border solutions that prioritize human life and rights.

• Includes immigration as a top campaign agenda priority
• Criticizes lethal encounters involving immigration enforcement agents under Donald Trump

“At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration agents, and Trump’s answer is to send even more ...”

Patrick Gillespie

Supports strict border enforcement and vetting

Patrick Gillespie makes stopping illegal immigration his top priority, describing current border crossings as an invasion of over 10 million individuals. He demands strict enforcement of existing immigration laws, mandatory vetting of all immigrants, and taking enforcement action on the Mexican side of the border to halt human trafficking and fentanyl smuggling.

• Demands enforcement of existing border laws to curb illegal immigration
• Proposes addressing border crisis causes on the Mexican side of the border
• Pledges to stop human trafficking and fentanyl smuggling across the southern border

“10 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! Enforce the laws on the books!!”

“We must have immigrants vetted and not allow an invasion of tens of thousands crossing our border illegally daily.”

Colin Allred

Supports lowering costs and middle-class investments

Colin Allred focuses his economic platform on affordability and stopping economic systems from being rigged against working families. He advocates for federal investments in affordable child care, early education, job training, and infrastructure, pointing to over $135 million in federal funding he secured for the district during his House tenure.

• Prioritizes affordability and stopping economic rigging against working families
• Proposes expanding access to job training, affordable child care, and early education
• Delivered over $135 million in federal funding for district infrastructure, healthcare, and housing

“Colin is running for Congress to lower costs and stop corrupt politicians like Donald Trump from rigging the economy against hard working Texans.”

“In Congress Colin delivered real results, including over $135 million in federal dollars for critical public transportation, health care, affordable housing and law enforcement – all within the 33rd Congressional District.”

Patrick Gillespie

Supports spending cuts and debt reduction

Patrick Gillespie emphasizes strict fiscal discipline to address the $32 trillion national debt by balancing the budget and allocating surpluses toward debt reduction. He opposes printing zero-backed paper currency, wants to claw back $80 billion in IRS funding, and supports free-market trade free of government subsidies or interference.

• Proposes balancing the federal budget and applying surpluses to reduce the $32 trillion national debt
• Advocates clawing back $80 billion in federal funding allocated to the IRS
• Opposes government subsidies and intervention in free market trade

“32 TRILLION DOLLARS INDEBT! Stop spending money we don’t have! Balance the budget and pay down the debt with any surplus.”

“Claw back money which has been foolishly passed in the previous Congress like 80 Billion Dollars for the IRS Hiring 80,00 gun toting agents to harass the Citizens.”

Colin Allred

Supports federal abortion rights and expanded healthcare

Colin Allred pledges to protect access to healthcare services, including safeguarding federal abortion rights. He also advocates for expanding healthcare coverage and led congressional efforts to open new Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities in Texas.

• Pledges to protect access to abortion and healthcare services
• Supports expanding healthcare coverage and affordable care options
• Led efforts to open new VA hospital facilities in Garland, Dallas, and El Paso

“I will fight to protect the freedom to access the health care you need, including access to an abortion.”

Patrick Gillespie

Opposes abortion and supports pro-life laws

Patrick Gillespie maintains a pro-life stance, supporting the protection of human life from conception to natural death. He urges individual responsibility and contraceptive use to prevent unwanted pregnancies and proposes reinstating rape as a capital offense.

• Supports protecting human life from conception to natural death
• Advocates personal contraceptive use to prevent unwanted pregnancies
• Proposes reinstating rape as a capital offense

“Creo en la protección de la vida humana desde la concepción hasta la muerte natural.”

“Rape needs to be reinstated as a Capital Offense.”

Colin Allred

Supports voting rights and ethics reform

Colin Allred highlights government corruption as a key campaign agenda item, aiming to stop politicians from rigging economic systems. Drawing on his experience as a civil rights lawyer fighting voter suppression, he emphasizes protecting access to the ballot box and building bipartisan consensus.

• Lists anti-corruption reform as a central campaign agenda priority
• Advocates protecting voting rights and combating voter suppression
• Highlights a record of bipartisan consensus building in Congress

“Colin is running for Congress to lower costs and stop corrupt politicians like Donald Trump from rigging the economy against hard working Texans.”

“After law school, Allred worked to protect voting rights across the country and in Texas to combat voter suppression and make sure that no eligible voters were denied access to the ballot box.”

Patrick Gillespie

Supports strict voter ID and term limits

Patrick Gillespie advocates for strict voter photo ID requirements and opposes ballot harvesting. He signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge, supporting constitutional limits of three terms for House members and two terms for Senators, while demanding strict financial transparency across federal agencies.

• Supports mandatory photo ID for voting and opposes ballot harvesting
• Signed U.S. Term Limits pledge restricting representatives to three terms
• Calls for strict government financial transparency and program performance metrics

“We have the correct laws in place: photo ID.”

“Serving more than three terms as Congressman and two terms as Senator would give the impression You want to be King instead of a Public Servant.”

Colin Allred

Supports funding law enforcement

Colin Allred highlights his congressional record of securing federal funding for local law enforcement agencies within Texas's 33rd Congressional District.

• Delivered federal funding to support local law enforcement agencies in the district

“In Congress Colin delivered real results, including over $135 million in federal dollars for critical public transportation, health care, affordable housing and law enforcement – all within the 33rd Congressional District.”

Patrick Gillespie

Opposes gun restrictions and red flag laws

Patrick Gillespie defends Second Amendment rights and opposes firearm restrictions or red flag laws. He advocates focusing on mental health, enforcing existing laws, and imposing mandatory prison sentences without parole for gang members.

• Opposes red flag laws and any restrictions on Second Amendment rights
• Advocates focusing on mental health rather than gun regulation
• Proposes mandatory no-parole prison sentences for gang members

“I will not propose the abolition of the 2nd Amendment. Gang violence must be addressed, and gang members must have prison sentences that have no parole.”

“Red flag laws are proving not to be a deterrent to gun violence.”

Colin Allred

Supports public schools and early education

Colin Allred strongly supports public education, crediting public schools for his childhood success. He advocates for federal investments in affordable early childhood education, child care, and workforce skills training.

• Emphasizes support for public schools inspired by growing up with a public school teacher mother
• Supports expanding federal funding for early childhood education and job/skills training

“Through smart investments in affordable child care, early childhood education, job and skills training and expanding health care coverage we can increase productivity and grow our economy in a way that works for everyone.”

Patrick Gillespie

Supports school choice and opposing woke curricula

Patrick Gillespie opposes communist principles and woke policies in school districts. He supports universal school choice for parents, criticizes 'No Child Left Behind' programs, and demands eliminating FBI threat tags targeting parents at school board meetings.

• Supports parental choice in selecting public or private schools for their children
• Opposes woke policies and communist principles in public education
• Demands removing the FBI threat tag targeting parents speaking at school board meetings

“Hijos bien educados cuyos padres tengan la opción de elegir libremente las escuelas para sus hijos.”

“Woke policies being taught in the school systems and having the FBI knocking on the doors of parents speaking out at school board meetings as Domestic Terrorists under the FBI threat tag school board threat. Get rid of the threat tag!”

Colin Allred

Supports funding law enforcement

Colin Allred emphasizes supporting public safety by delivering federal funding directly to law enforcement agencies within Texas's 33rd district.

• Delivered federal funding for law enforcement agencies in the district

“In Congress Colin delivered real results, including over $135 million in federal dollars for critical public transportation, health care, affordable housing and law enforcement – all within the 33rd Congressional District.”

Patrick Gillespie

Supports capital punishment for drug pushers

Patrick Gillespie calls for strict criminal penalties to combat the fentanyl epidemic, advocating capital murder charges for fentanyl distributors. He also demands no-parole prison sentences for gang members.

• Proposes charging fentanyl pushers with Capital Murder
• Calls for mandatory prison sentences without parole for gang members

“TACKLE THE FENTANYL POISONING EPIDEMIC! This is the number one killer of our young adults and children between the ages of 19 and 40. The pushers of this poison should be charged with Capital Murder.”

Patrick Gillespie

Supports peace through strength and foreign land restrictions

Patrick Gillespie advocates for a foreign policy centered on peace through strength to counter economic and surveillance threats from nations like China. He proposes prohibiting foreign entities, particularly Chinese buyers, from purchasing U.S. land near military bases.

• Advocates foreign policy based on Peace through Strength
• Proposes banning Chinese entities from purchasing U.S. land, particularly near military bases
• Warns against foreign electronic surveillance and economic influence

“Peace through Strength. With weak U.S. leadership, other countries are attempting to overthrow us via electronic surveillance, purchasing 43.5 million acres of U.S. land, and economic influence, particularly by China.”

Patrick Gillespie

Supports natural gas and withdrawing from Paris Accords

Patrick Gillespie proposes replacing U.S. coal power generation with natural gas rather than implementing aggressive federal climate mandates. He demands withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accords and recovering U.S. funds, arguing that major foreign polluters receive unfair exemptions.

• Proposes transitioning U.S. coal power plants to natural gas
• Demands withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accords and recovering U.S. financial contributions
• Criticizes climate exemptions granted to developing nations like China, India, and Brazil

“The U.S. can switch to natural gas for all the electric generation done by coal in the U.S. Plus, get out of the Paris Climate Accords and demand our money back.”