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Former House Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, is dropping out of the Lone Star State’s Senate race, he announced on Monday.

Allred’s announcement comes as rumors swirl about progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, potentially entering the fray as soon as late Monday afternoon.

“l’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 Constitution by Donald Trump and one of his Republican bootlickers [Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, or Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas],” Allred said in a statement.

“That’s why l’ve made the difficult decision to end my campaign for the U.S. Senat

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