Colin Allred will face Representative Julie Johnson in the newly drawn Texas 33rd Congressional District race as voters in Dallas and Tarrant counties pick Democratic and Republican nominees for U.S. House District 33. The winner in the November general election will replace Congressman Marc Veasey.
On the Republican side, Patrick Gillespie is facing John Sims. The race is unfolding after redistricting reshaped the district and put Johnson, who currently serves in District 32, in a fight to keep a seat that now falls in District 33.
Allred is back in a House race after he did not run for re-election to his seat in 2024 and instead mounted a failed bid for Senate. Johnson, meanwhile, is trying to get reelected in the newly drawn district as she becomes the incumbent facing the man she succeeded in office.
That makes the contest more than a routine primary. It is a matchup shaped by shifting lines, a return to House politics for Allred, and the decision by Veasey not to seek re-election before later dropping out of the race for Tarrant County Judge. The source material for the race comes from the Texas Secretary of State website and past news coverage.
The campaign now turns to the November general election, where the winner will take over a district redrawn by recent redistricting and decided by voters in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
