Cruz Poised for Big Win as Election Day Arrives
Barring a historically shocking upset, Tea Party darling Ted Cruz will become Senator-elect Ted Cruz on Tuesday night, and former state Rep. Paul Sadler will join a long line of Texas Democrats who have failed to break the GOP stranglehold on statewide politics.
Though he’s never held elective office, Cruz, 41, ran as an insurgent and came from behind to defeat longtime Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst — favored by Gov. Rick Perry and the party establishment — in the GOP primary.
After winning the nomination this summer, Cruz hasn’t had to worry much about whether he will become the first ...
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Nate Pemberton
Thanks for the "unbiased" opinion on this race. From the moment that the primary was sewn up, Texas media has done NOTHING but piss on this race. I find it appalling. I find this article appalling, that it would go up the morning of the election. But more than anything, I find this state appalling. Outright bigotry and hatred from the right wrapped in political sermons, the complete lack of a backbone from the left, and the godforsaken individuals who call this once-wonderful state home.
You know what? Screw it. I'm moving out of this hell hole. You had a chance to help this state, Texans, and from the "results" in this story, you've thrown out the only man who really had the future of Texas at the top of the list. Goodbye, Lone Star State. Goodbye, awful media. Goodbye, and may God help you. I know Cruz won't.