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Darrell Day
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Candidate, U.S. House Texas District 32

Elections and appointments
Next election

March 3, 2026

Education

High school

Columbia High School

Bachelor's

Southern Illinois University, 1978

Personal
Birthplace
St. Louis, Mo.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Darrell Day (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.

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Biography

Darrell Day was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a high school diploma from Columbia High School and a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, in 1978. Day's career experience includes working as a business owner, journalist, bureau chief of United Press International, and the editor of "Facilities" Magazine and "Columns" Magazine.[1][2]

As of 2025, Day was affiliated with the following organizations:[2][3]

  • Dallas County GOP
  • Collin County GOP
  • Richardson Republican Women
  • Plano Republican Women
  • Mesquite Republican Women
  • Park West Republican Women
  • Create Church
  • Texas Eagle Forum
  • Red Texas Forum
  • True Texas Project

Elections

2026

See also: Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 32

Charles Harper is running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 32 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Charles Harper (Independent)

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 3, 2026.


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Endorsements

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2024

See also: Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 32

Julie Johnson defeated Darrell Day and Kevin Hale in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 32 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson (D)
 
60.5
 
140,536
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day (R) Candidate Connection
 
37.0
 
85,941
Image of Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
5,987

Total votes: 232,464
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32

Darrell Day defeated David Blewett in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32 on May 28, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day Candidate Connection
 
64.8
 
3,394
Image of David Blewett
David Blewett Candidate Connection
 
35.2
 
1,842

Total votes: 5,236
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson
 
50.4
 
17,633
Image of Brian Williams
Brian Williams Candidate Connection
 
19.2
 
6,704
Image of Justin Moore
Justin Moore
 
7.1
 
2,483
Image of Jan McDowell
Jan McDowell Candidate Connection
 
4.9
 
1,722
Image of Zachariah Manning
Zachariah Manning Candidate Connection
 
4.6
 
1,617
Image of Raja Chaudhry
Raja Chaudhry Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
1,258
Image of Callie Butcher
Callie Butcher Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
1,169
Image of Kevin Felder
Kevin Felder Candidate Connection
 
3.1
 
1,101
Image of Alex Cornwallis
Alex Cornwallis Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
909
Image of Christopher Panayiotou
Christopher Panayiotou Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
361

Total votes: 34,957
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

David Blewett and Darrell Day advanced to a runoff. They defeated Juan Feria and Gulrez Khan in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Blewett
David Blewett Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
10,706
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day Candidate Connection
 
38.2
 
9,211
Image of Juan Feria
Juan Feria
 
9.9
 
2,397
Image of Gulrez Khan
Gulrez Khan Candidate Connection
 
7.4
 
1,787

Total votes: 24,101
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32

Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 23, 2024.

Candidate
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Kevin Hale (L) Candidate Connection

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Endorsements

To view Day's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Day in this election.

Pledges

Day signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 32

Incumbent Colin Allred defeated Antonio Swad in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 32 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Colin Allred
Colin Allred (D)
 
65.4
 
116,005
Image of Antonio Swad
Antonio Swad (R) Candidate Connection
 
34.6
 
61,494

Total votes: 177,499
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32

Antonio Swad defeated Justin Webb in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Antonio Swad
Antonio Swad Candidate Connection
 
57.0
 
6,929
Image of Justin Webb
Justin Webb
 
43.0
 
5,226

Total votes: 12,155
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

Incumbent Colin Allred advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Colin Allred
Colin Allred
 
100.0
 
31,805

Total votes: 31,805
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Antonio Swad
Antonio Swad Candidate Connection
 
40.3
 
8,962
Image of Justin Webb
Justin Webb
 
18.0
 
4,007
Image of Nathan Davis
Nathan Davis
 
16.0
 
3,549
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day
 
10.4
 
2,321
Image of Brad Namdar
Brad Namdar
 
10.2
 
2,270
Image of Ejike Okpa
Ejike Okpa Candidate Connection
 
5.1
 
1,128

Total votes: 22,237
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32

No candidate advanced from the convention.


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Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Darrell Day completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Day's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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MAGA conservative Darrell Day was the GOP Nominee for CD32 in 2024, winning the GOP Runoff by 30 points, and then in the general election generated 25,000 additional Republican votes. A small business owner, Darrell Day has served in CD32 as a GOP Precinct Chair, a Poll Watcher, an Election Judge and a donor to the previous two CD32 GOP Nominees.
  • To strengthen our economy, we need to aggressively continue President Trump's AMERICA FIRST program of bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
  • Another move to boost our economy is aggressively pursuing an "all of the above" strategy of increasing domestic energy production, from increasing domestic oil production to building new nuclear and natural gas power generators. Boosting energy production will decrease energy prices, which will reverberate throughout the economy and lower inflation by lowering prices for all products.
  • Our obscene $37 trillion national debt endangers our country. We must aggressively cut federal spending, starting with U.S. Congress reviewing every government agency to cut every penny of spending which is unconstitutional or is counter to an AMERICA FIRST policy.
I drive an 11-year-old car, and let's take the same approach with these "gold-plated" federal agencies. We should continue the work that Elon Musk's DOGE team started in finding the waste, fraud and insanity in the painfully bloated federal budget.
Chip Roy in the U.S. House has fought hard to uphold constitutional principles. In the Texas Senate, Bob Hall has stood strong on bedrock principals while fighting hard for election integrity and hardening our power grid.
A firmly-held system of beliefs, tethered to Biblical and constitutional principles, plus the mental ability to comprehend and discern complex concepts.
I'd like to look back and hear: "Darrell Day stood strong on Biblical and Constitutional principles, while building a consensus for the U.S. House of Representatives to rein in out-of-control government spending. His hard work saved our nation and our Social Security fund from going bankrupt.
I was 7 and sitting in Miss Roediger's class when the Principal told us that President Kennedy had been assassinated.
Started when I was 16, I worked at Six Flags for three summers as Foreman of the Log Flume Ride. I'll never have a job as fun as that one!
"Good To Great" is a business book - directly applicable to the U.S. Congress - that analyzed the traits of successful organizations, and how that deviated from unsuccessful organizations.
I've faced the worst nightmare any parent can face. I've coped with the death of my oldest son in a car accident. I start every day, thanking God for the 18 glorious years that I had with Derek.
Facing the voters every two years, U.S. Representatives must faithfully represent their constituents, while standing on the U.S. Constitution.
It's more important to have firmly held beliefs, grounded in the U.S. Constitution.
A $37 trillion deficit threatens our economy, our Social Security program and our national security.
With some notable exceptions, most U.S. Congressmen who are fighting for the people are the newcomers. Because of that, I support term limits.
President Trump has been a tiger, fighting for our country against both foreign and domestic enemies. President Reagan stood firm on conservative principles.
I spoke to a chicken farmer in Hunt County who has struggled with changing FDA requirements. One particularly onerous test was basically requiring the chickens in the farm to be completely germ-free, like a surgeon in an operating room. Government should protect the public's health, but do it in a rationale and common-sense manner. President Reagan said the 10 most dangerous words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you."
You must not compromise your core beliefs, but you can compromise on some of the minor details.
I support zero-based budgeting, whereby every federal government agency must come before the House to justify their existence and their budget. Right now, every federal agency gets an increase on their previous year's budget, WHETHER OR NOT THAT AGENCY SERVES ANY USEFUL FUNCTION FOR THE PUBLIC.
The House should pursue violations of the public trust.
My unwavering commitment to conservative values earned endorsements last year, including Moms for America, Moms for Liberty, Texas Eagle Forum, Collin County Patriots, Denton County Conservative Coalition, Latinos United for Conservative Action, Keep Collin Red, NTX Conservatives, Patriot Texas Conservative Activists, Red Wave Texas, and True Texas Project. Also, four of the six CD32 candidates from 2022, two City Council members, 20 community leaders and more than 100 GOP Precinct Chairs have endorsed.
I've heard from other parents who have struggled to cope with the loss of a child. I heard from one voter who has lost three children.
Raising three very successful children, and building a business that has helped people over the last 28 years.
We've all seen the movie "Terminator" so we're keeping a wary eye on artificial intelligence. Therefore, we need the federal government to oversee A.I. development to ensure it doesn't run out of control, while still allowing the private sector to innovate and expand the sector. We're in an arms race with China on A.I., and we must win that race.
The Constitution spells out that state legislatures set the "Times, Places and Manner" of federal elections. But Congress should examine regulations to sharply curtail the use of mail-in ballots, which repeatedly have been the source of election cheating.

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2024

Candidate Connection

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Successful businessman, former City Councilman and GOP Party leader who has represented CD32 in four Texas State GOP Conventions. A solution-finder fighting for conservative values.

-America-first constitutionalist -Previously served as City Councilman in the nation’s 50th largest city of Arlington, TX -GOP Precinct Chair for eight years -Delegate to four Texas GOP State Conventions. -Former Election Judge -Former Press Secretary, gubernatorial campaign -Successful business owner for 25 years -Married for 21 years, with four children and four grandchildren -Pro-life Christian -Passionate Second Amendment advocate

  • Protect our southern border from the current invasion!
  • Control inflation by controlling runaway federal spending!
  • We MUST protect our elections from hackers and cheaters!
President Reagan stood firm on conservative principles while still being able to work cordially with liberals.
I'm an excellent listener, and we desperately need more elected representatives that are LISTENING to their constituents.
Darrell Day slowly built a consensus for the U.S. House of Representatives to rein in out-of-control government spending. His hard work saved our nation and our Social Security fund from going bankrupt.
I remember hearing of President Kennedy's assassination while sitting in class.
When I was 16, I started working at Six Flags (on the Log Flume Ride) for three summers.
"Good To Great" is a business book - directly applicable to the U.S. Congress - that analyzed the traits of successful organizations, and how that deviated from unsuccessful organizations.
Facing the voters every two years, U.S. Representatives must faithfully represent their constituents.
It's more important to have firmly held beliefs, grounded in the U.S. Constitution.
A $33 trillion deficit threatens our economy, our Social Security program and our national security.
With some notable exceptions, most U.S. Congressmen who are fighting for the people are the relative newcomers. Because of that, I support term limits.
There are core beliefs that can't be broken, but you can compromise on the details.
I support zero-based budgeting, whereby every federal government agency must come before the House to justify their existence and their budget. Right now, every federal agency gets an increase on their previous year's budget, WHETHER OR NOT THAT AGENCY SERVES ANY USEFUL FUNCTION FOR THE PUBLIC.
The House should pursue violations of the public trust.
Four of the six CD32 candidates from 2022, two City Council members, 20 community leaders and 80 GOP Precinct Chairs have endorsed.

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Campaign website

Day’s campaign website stated the following:

STANDING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
Our men and women in blue play an integral role in keeping our communities safe. We must provide them with the resources and support they need to protect our neighborhoods.

STOP WASTEFUL SPENDING
The pain you feel from high prices for groceries, healthcare and gas comes from out-of-control government spending. A $33 trillion national debt not only causes inflation, but also imperils our economy and imperils Social Security. I will bring fiscal discipline and common sense to Washington, D.C.

ENERGY SECURITY
A robust and diversified energy sector is vital for both national security and economic prosperity. I am committed to advancing policies that promote domestic energy production to bring down gas prices at the pump.

SECURING THE BORDER
Our wide-open border is in crisis, leading to criminal gangs and drugs pouring into Texas. I will work to address the immigration challenges by upholding the integrity of our border and ensuring a safe and orderly immigration process.

MADE IN THE USA
I am dedicated to revitalizing American manufacturing and promoting the “Made in the USA” ethos. Creating a strong domestic manufacturing base will produce more jobs for your family, while strengthening our economy and building a brighter future for all Americans.

UPHOLDING FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
Upholding our nation’s founding principles is something I do not take lightly. As an advocate for our constitutional rights, I believe the First and Second Amendments are the backbone of preserving our individual liberties.

PRO-LIFE
I value the sanctity of human life from conception to end. I will defend the rights and dignity of the unborn, promote a culture of life, and ensure that every voice, including the most vulnerable, is heard and respected.

EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM
Every child has the right to receive a quality education, and that should not be limited by their family’s tax bracket. Empowering parents with educational options for their children will create educational freedom for each student.[4]

—Darrell Day’s campaign website (2024)[5]

2022

Darrell Day did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Day's campaign website stated the following:

Soaring crime rates, hordes of illegal immigrants streaming across our border, and sky-high gas prices is the America brought to us by liberals like Colin Allred. Soft-on-the-border Democrats have failed.

Do you want safe streets in your neighborhood? Do you want to stop the flood of illegal immigrants into Texas? Do you want a return to President Trump’s AMERICA-FIRST policy?

On day 1, will begin working to secure funding to finish President Trump’s border wall. We are a nation of LEGAL immigrants!

  • Firm adherent of the U.S. Constitution
  • Strong supporter of the Second Amendment
  • Strong fiscal conservative who will fight to bring federal spending under control. Our great nation can’t continue to spend its way to astounding debt. Eventually, the bill will come due with catastrophic consequences.
  • Supports American energy independence championed by President Trump, finishing the Keystone Pipeline and encouraging off-shore drilling.
  • Supports School Choice, and opposes CRT being taught in our schools under any name. The GOP is the party of parents!

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry wrote of the difference in governing philosophies between Republicans and Democrats: “There's the vision common in blue states, where the state plays an increasing role in the lives of its citizens. In these states, taxes are on the rise. Pension programs are out of control and jobs are leaving by the truckloads.

“And then there's the vision common to red state America where the freedom of the individual comes first, and the reach of government is limited. In these states, taxes are low, spending is under control, jobs are on the rise and opportunity is being sought far and wide.”

Conservative, PRO-AMERICA policies are right for our country.[4]

—Darrell Day's campaign website (2022)[6]

Campaign finance summary


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Darrell Day campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Texas District 32Candidacy Declared primary$100 N/A**
2024* U.S. House Texas District 32Lost general$232,282 $149,037
2022U.S. House Texas District 32Lost primary$46,352 $30,262
Grand total$278,734 $179,299
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Darrell Day for Congress, "About," accessed February 2, 2022
  2. 2.0 2.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 12, 2023
  3. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 4, 2025
  4. 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  5. Day for U.S. Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 14, 2024
  6. Darrell Day for Congress, “Home,” accessed January 18, 2022


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