Congressman Colin Allred | Official U.S. House headshot
Congressman Colin Allred | Official U.S. House headshot
DALLAS – Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) was named among the most bipartisan members of the House by the Common Ground Committee. This was in recognition of his efforts to work across party lines on important issues to move the country forward. Allred earned a score of 79 out of 100 points, putting him in the top four percent of all elected officials for finding common ground with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. He is the highest-scoring elected official in Texas.
The Common Ground Scorecard examines the degree to which elected officials embody the spirit and practice of a Common Grounder — someone who seeks points of agreement and solutions on social and political issues through listening and productive conversation. The 2023 Scorecard, shows Allred’s earned 51 points higher than the average score of 28.
“From investing in infrastructure and high-tech manufacturing to taking care of our veterans – we can still do big things in this country by working together,” said Allred. “My focus is and has always been on finding common ground so we can deliver real results for Texans. I am proud to earn this distinction from the Common Ground Committee and I look forward to continuing my bipartisan work in Congress.”
Allred has previously been recognized by the Common Ground Committee for his bipartisan work in Congress and won multipleawards from the U.S. Chamber of Congress for his bipartisanship.
“American voters want their elected leaders to work together and do the hard work it will take to solve America’s most difficult challenges,” said Bruce Bond, CEO and Co-founder of Common Ground Committee. “We know that Members of Congress can work together to find areas of agreement for the good of the country – regardless of their political beliefs. We also believe that sticking to your principles and working to find common ground with your political opponents aren’t mutually exclusive concepts – you can do both. Congressman Allred understands that you can disagree without anger or rancor over a given issue, and I hope that more Members of Congress follow his lead.”
The Common Ground Scorecard was first released prior to the 2020 election and is updated annually. In addition to their commitments and personal actions, the committee also incorporates third-party rankings on bipartisanship and other public sources of data. For more information on the scorecard and Allred’s score, visit here.
About Common Ground Committee:
Common Ground Committee (CGC) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) citizen-led organization dedicated to bringing healing to the national challenges of polarization and incivility. Since its founding in 2009, CGC has held21 public forums featuring panelists who have reached over 300 points of consensus. Panelists have included such notable pairings as John Kerry and Condoleezza Rice, Chris Murphy and Will Hurd, David Petraeus and Susan Rice, Michael Steele and Donna Brazile, Chris Wallace and Maggie Haberman, and Larry Kudlow and Barney Frank, exploring issues ranging from race and income inequality to foreign policy. CGC produces theLet’s Find Common Ground podcast series, which has had over450,000 downloadsand over265,000 subscribers. CGC also created theCommon Ground Scorecard, a voting tool that scores politicians and candidates for public office on their likelihood to find common ground with the opposite party. Free of political agenda and financial influence, CGC has a singular focus on bringing light, not heat, to public discourse.
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