By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-06 12:31:35 | Updated at 2024-11-06 14:36:45
2 hours ago
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will win reelection and defeat Democrat Colin Allred, CNN projects
CNN ^ | November 5, 2024 | Eric Bradner
Posted on 11/06/2024 4:22:46 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will win reelection to a third term, CNN projects, defeating Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred and denying Democrats one of their best chances to mitigate potential losses elsewhere.
The Longhorn State has long been a Republican stronghold, with the GOP winning every statewide election there since 1994. However, amid demographic shifts, Democrats have long seen Texas as a potential future battleground and national party groups poured millions of dollars into trying to boost Allred’s candidacy in the final months of the race.
Allred, a former NFL linebacker who defeated GOP Rep. Pete Sessions to win his House seat in 2018, was seen as a viable challenger. He tried to tie Cruz to the state’s abortion ban, running ads featuring Kate Cox, whom the state Supreme Court blocked from having an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with a deadly genetic condition.
Allred also went on offense on immigration, trying to flip the script on Republicans. He attacked Cruz for voting against the bipartisan border deal and featured testimonials from border law enforcement officers in his own ads.
But Cruz had also beaten back stiff competition before, narrowly defeating Rep. Beto O’Rourke in a 2018 race in which the Democrat shattered Senate race fundraising records.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: senate; tedcruz; texas
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A sharp contrast from all the "gloom and doom" predictions of his defeat as late as yesterday.
I love to see liberals waste their money.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Cruz for majority leader. Down with Mitch
2 posted on 11/06/2024 4:28:29 AM PST by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Could Cruz be the next Senate Majority Leader?
3 posted on 11/06/2024 4:29:19 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
A sharp contrast from all the "gloom and doom" predictions of his defeat as late as yesterday.
Cruz cruised by 9 points. Back in 2018, he only beat the inept Beto by 2 points.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
5 posted on 11/06/2024 4:29:55 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The Cruz haters on FR will be having a sad ...
6 posted on 11/06/2024 4:31:21 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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