Colin Allred: “We still are the gold standard for safety, and that we will remain that.”

In the past few days, I've come to believe that a bruising Senate Democratic primary and runoff would prevent the Democratic Party from going into this critical election unified against the danger posed to our communities and our…

I think he would say to us: We are better than this. And I think he would say: If you do this, then we have to mobilize in a way we’ve never seen before.

Texas' 33rd Congressional District: Colin Allred, who went undrafted but played 32 games for the Tennessee Titans, won this Dallas-area district with a whopping 79 percent of the vote. He's a Democrat.

And I have to say to them, you're absolutely right about that, too. We need to be better.