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In his first run for political office, Collin Allred ’14 was elected to Congress in Texas’ 32nd District. A civil rights lawyer and former NFL player, Allred defeated Pete Sessions, House Rules Committee chair and a Republican member of Congress since 1997. Allred joins fellow alum Peter Welch ’73, re-elected to Congress in Vermont.