U.S. House District 33: Candidates on both sides likely headed for runoff

DALLAS - We likely won't know who will face each other for the U.S. House District 33 seat in November until after the May 26 runoff election.

Former Congressman Colin Allred leads incumbent Julie Johnson and two other challengers for the Democratic nomination as of late Tuesday night, but still doesn't have 50% of the vote. He and Johnson may be headed for a runoff.

Meanwhile, none of the four Republicans vying for their party's nomination have taken a significant lead.

Patrick Gillespie secured 35% of the vote with 54% of the votes counted as of 11 p.m. John Sims, Monte Mitchell and Kurt Schwab all followed with around 20% of the vote.

LIVE: U.S. House District 33 Election Results

The backstory:

District 33, which was also redrawn during the last legislative session, went from covering parts of both Tarrant and Dallas counties to just central Dallas County.

Race between Colin Allred, Julie Johnson for Texas' 33rd congressional district heats up

The Democratic primary race for the newly drawn 33rd congressional district pits a current member of Congress against a former member of Congress. Julie Johnson currently represents the 32nd district, a seat Colin Allred gave up when he ran for US Senate in 2024. Now both are head-to-head for the new seat.  FOX 4’s Steven Dial spoke to both candidates over Zoom to get a better picture of the race.

Julie Johnson was trying to get reelected in this district. She was challenged in the Democratic primary by Colin Allred, who held Johnson’s seat before challenging for Senate in 2024. They also faced Zeeshan Hafeez, an attorney and technology executive, and community activist Carlos Quintanilla.

For the Republicans, conservative aerospace technical writer Patrick Gillespie was facing Monte "Doc" Mitchell, a physician and seminarian, Kurt Schwab, a combat veteran, USO director, and nonprofit leader, and John Sims, a first responder and volunteer who has also worked with several youth organizations.