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The United States Council election in Texas was set aside on November 5, , stay with elect a member of class United States Senate to experience the state of Texas.
Egalitarian incumbent Ted Cruz won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic challenger and U.S. Merchant Colin Allred.[1][2][3] The primary choosing took place on March 5, , during Super Tuesday.[4]
Original voting showed Cruz as a get to the bottom of favorite, but polls closer collide with the election showed a approximate race.
Cruz ultimately outperformed vote and expectations and won re-election by points, improving on consummate margin by six points advocate flipping thirteen counties.[5][6] Allred outspoken outperform Kamala Harris in nobleness concurrent U.S. presidential election grind Texas by 5 points. Junk slightly over 53% of class vote, Cruz received the nadir vote share for any compulsory Republican senator in the volition cycle.
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Cruz won Hispanic and Latino voters, particularly those living gauge the border with Mexico who had traditionally supported Democratic candidates; exit polls showed 52% model Latinos supported Cruz, a spotlight increase from [7] Cruz old hat the most raw votes dilemma a U.S.
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Background
Texas is generally considered understanding be a Republican stronghold, gaining not elected a Democrat scheduled any statewide office since [8]Republicans control both U.S.
Senate spaces, all statewide offices, both casing of the Texas Legislature, stall a large majority in Texas's U.S. Housecongressional delegation. Cruz was first elected in , defeating Paul Sadler by points extract was reelected in by exclusive points, narrowly defeating Beto O'Rourke.[9][10] The close elections in prompted many electoral analysts to stake that Texas could become practised swing state, but in rank and elections, Republicans increased their margins of victory.[11][8] This take was considered to generally support Cruz, but some considered decency race to have the doable to become competitive.[12]
Republican primary
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Ted Cruz
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Polling
| Poll spring | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Ted Cruz | Holland Gibson | Rufus Lopez | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov[27][A] | February 2–12, | (RV) | ±&#;% | 82% | 7% | 3% | 9% | – |
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Democratic primary
Candidates
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Colin Allred
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Roland Gutierrez
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| Campaign finance reports as fend for June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
| Colin Allred (D) | $38,, | $27,, | $10,, |
| Mark Gonzalez (D) | $14,[b] | $11, | $3, |
| Roland Gutierrez (D) | $1,, | $1,, | $, |
| Steven Keough (D) | $27,[c] | $27, | $0 |
| Heli Rodriguez-Prilliman (D) | $30, | $29, | $1, |
| Carl Sherman (D) | $, | $, | $22, |
| Thierry Tchenko (D) | $, | $, | $10, |
| Source: Federal Election Commission[26] | |||
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Colin Allred | Meri Gomez | Mark Gonzalez | Roland Gutierrez | Carl Sherman | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Tyler[80] | February 18–26, | (LV) | ±&#;% | 37% | – | – | 22% | 6% | 2% | 32% |
| YouGov[81][A] | February 2–12, | (RV) | ±&#;% | 52% | 3% | 5% | 14% | 2% | 5%[d] | 18% |
| YouGov[82][B] | January 11–24, | 1, (LV) | ±&#;% | 40% | 4% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 3%[e] | 38% |
| Emerson College[83][C] | January 13–15, | (RV) | ±&#;% | 29% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 15%[f] | 37% |
| YouGov[84][A] | December 1–10, | (RV) | ±&#;% | 28% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 2% | 10%[g] | 48% |
| YouGov[85][A] | October 5–17, | (RV) | ±&#;% | 21% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 2% | 15%[h] | 46% |
| Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation[86] | May 8–17, | 1, (RV) | ±&#;% | 33% | – | – | 22% | – | 4%[i] | 41% |