Business owner wins tight Texas primary, aims to make history by flipping deep-blue House seat

Darrell Day, a Dallas-area business owner and former Arlington city councilman, has won a tight Republican primary for Texas' 32nd Congressional District.

Democrat Julie Johnson and Republican Darrell Day. (Julie Johnson for Congress/Darrell Day for Congress)

The fight for Republicans to flip the district will be tough considering it encompasses heavily urban areas north and east of downtown Dallas. The district was redrawn following the 2020 census, adding more solidly Democrat-leaning areas.

Should Day win the race, his victory would mark a historic underdog win.

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Democrat Texas Rep. Colin Allred. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images)

Allred, who has represented the district since 2019, won re-election in 2022 following the redistricting with 65% of the vote. He won in 2020 in the old district with just 52% of the vote.

The top election analysts rate the race for Texas' 32nd Congressional District as either "solid Democratic" or "safe Democratic."

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Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on X at @BGillespieAL.

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