“In congressional offices, you don't have the ability to hire enough people to have a dedicated speechwriter. So mine is my communications director, who gets input from other folks on the team as well. That's kind of the nature of these offices - we don't have huge staffs, so everyone has to do a little bit of everything.”

American politician, civil rights lawyer, and former professional football player

Colin Zachary Allred is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, and former professional football player. He served as the U.S. representative for Texas’s 32nd congressional district from 2019 to 2025 and is a member of the Democratic Party. His district covered the northeastern corner of Dallas and many of its northeastern suburbs. He is the party’s nominee for Texas’s 33rd congressional district in 2026, after a career that moved from law and sport into elected office.