Ted Cruz

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and his Democratic rival, U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke of El Paso, are facing off for their second — and maybe final — debate Tuesday night in San Antonio.

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President Donald Trump is headed to Texas on Oct. 22 to hold a rally at NRG Arena in Houston. Trump had promised to visit the state before Election Day to campaign with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in his re-election bid.

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The fundraising total is a record in U.S. Senate races.

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On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Alex about Beto O'Rourke's disinterest in an Obama endorsement, whether the Kavanaugh confirmation process has energized GOP voters in Texas and what the Trib's new affordable housing investigation shows.

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The Texas filmmaker Richard Linklater has cut a series of ads for a super PAC working to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

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Vice President Mike Pence visited Dallas on Monday to spur Republican support. He cast the midterm elections as a "choice between a party that’s committed to moving our nation forward and a party that’s committed to the politics of destruction."

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Texas' senators joined a mostly party-line vote to confirm Kavanaugh, after one of the most contentious nominations in American history.

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Cruz said Friday that he thought Kavanaugh had the temperament to serve on the high court. Cornyn suggested that many of the people protesting the nomination were paid.

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Watch as we look back at some of the news made at the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival.

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he raised $12 million in the third quarter. He is fighting for re-election against U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso.

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Former President Barack Obama has endorsed nearly a dozen Texas Democrats so far this election year. But Beto O'Rourke isn't one of them. On Thursday the border Democrat said that was fine by him.

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Congressional disclosures show that both men earn and borrow sums of money that far surpass that of the average Texan.

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Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, visited Texas on Wednesday to hit the campaign trail for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz as he faces a serious challenge from U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso.

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On this week's TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Alexa and Patrick about the sexting allegations against state Sen. Charles Schwertner, why former President Obama hasn't endorsed Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke, and whether O'Rourke and Sen. Ted Cruz will revisit their canceled debate.

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With general election voting less than three weeks away, outside events have more influence. That includes big endorsements from current and past presidents — and it includes October surprises like the one unfolding in the U.S. Senate.

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Cruz and Sessions are in two of the state's most competitive federal races this fall.

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Two people were hospitalized after reporting feeling ill, but the powder was determined not to be hazardous.

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U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke apologized Monday for a decades-old review of a Broadway play that he wrote as a student at Columbia University in which he critiqued the performance of actresses “whose only qualifications seem to be their phenomenally large breasts and tight buttocks.”

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On the latest TribCast — recorded live at the Texas Tribune Festival — Emily talks to Ross and special guests about the Kavanaugh hearings and the U.S. Senate race that's shaking up Texas.

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U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's campaign declined a late offer from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's camp to revive Sunday's cancelled debate, citing other plans. Those plans apparently included shooting an ad from O'Rourke's kitchen.

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