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Colin Allred is all blue. The Democratic politician from Texas performed linebacker for the powder blue-clad Tennessee Titans for 4 years and he rode the historic blue wave Tuesday to return to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Allred, who served three consecutive phrases in Congress before making an unsuccessful bid for the Senate in 2024, is one of a number of distinguished former athletes who ran for workplace in the midterm elections. He received this time in a landslide over Republican Patrick Gillespie, amassing practically 80% of the votes in the thirty third Congressional District positioned in Dallas County.

In a Substack essay in August, Allred enumerated classes discovered enjoying in the NFL, calling them “the core values I’m bringing with me in my fight for Congress”: Staying humble, recognizing that management comes from bringing people together despite their variations and building strong relationships, trust and teamwork.

Joining Allred in Congress — albeit from the other aspect of the aisle — will probably be another former skilled athlete who ran a profitable marketing campaign in Texas: Former Angels slugger Mark Teixeira, a Republican who will succeed Chip Roy.

Teixeira was the fifth general decide in the 2001 MLB draft by the Texas Rangers, for whom he performed until 2007. After temporary stints with the Atlanta Braves and Angels, he spent 9 seasons with the New York Yankees, serving to them to a World Series title in 2009 and ending second in MVP voting.

After retiring in 2016 with 409 profession home runs, Teixeira returned to Texas and announced his candidacy for the twenty first Congressional District a 12 months in the past. An avowed conservative, he said he was “ready to help defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas families, and individual liberty.” Trump endorsed Teixeira and he defeated 11 candidates in the Republican main.

Historically, former athletes working for workplace lean Republican. Decades after serving to Michigan to national championships in 1932 and 1933, the excellent heart and linebacker Gerald Ford grew to become the thirty eighth president of the United States on the Republican ticket.

Ford never performed professionally, but a number of males who did have served in Congress: Rep. Jack Kemp (R-NY), Rep. Steve Largent (R-OK) and Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) performed in the NFL; Sen. and Rep. Jim Bunning (R-KY) was a Hall of Fame MLB pitcher; and Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ) was a Hall of Fame NBA ahead.

Dave Bing and Kevin Johnson grew to become the Democratic mayors of Detroit and Sacramento, respectively. And if the online is widened to embrace powerlifting and professional wrestling, Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Jesse Ventura of Minnesota get a nod.

Tommy Tuberville, a former longtime school soccer coach and Republican senator since 2021, received the governor’s race in Alabama on Tuesday, defeating Democrat former Sen. Doug Jones. Tuberville posted a report of 159-99 over 21 seasons at Auburn, Cincinnati, Texas Tech and Mississippi.

Two former NFL gamers and a veteran NFL broadcaster seem to have fallen short in their makes an attempt to win political workplace.

Republican Jay Feely, an NFL kicker for six groups over 14 seasons, trails Democrat Amish Shah, a former crew doctor for the New York Jets, 52.6% to 45.4% with 85% of the vote tallied in a race for the U.S. Congress in Arizona. Democrat Chris Kluwe, a Minnesota Vikings punter from 2005-2012, misplaced a close race to Republican Gracey Van Der Mark to symbolize California Assembly District 72, which mainly consists of Orange County seaside communities.

And Republican Michele Tafoya misplaced the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota to Democrat Peggy Flanagan, the state’s lieutenant governor. Tafoya was a sideline reporter for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” and also labored as a broadcaster for CBS and ABC.

Perhaps the most spectacular displaying by a former athlete was that of Iowa Democrat Josh Turek, who flipped a seat for the U.S. Senate by defeating Republican Congresswoman and former TV anchor Ashley Hinson. Born with spina bifida and confined to a wheelchair after his father was uncovered to Agent Orange in Vietnam, Turek is a four-time Paralympian and two-time gold medalist in wheelchair basketball.