Two statewide officeholders are among the Republican incumbents who have seen former primary opponents take the unusual step of endorsing their Democratic challengers ahead of the midterm elections.
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in the race for U.S. Senate. View full 2018 Texas election results or subscribe to The Brief for the latest election news.
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How Texas Democrats lost a state Senate seat amid talk of a blue wave
Republican Pete Flores defeated Democrat Pete Gallego on Tuesday in a state Senate district that Hillary Clinton won by 12 points, prompting Democratic soul-searching less than two months before the midterms.
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Beto O’Rourke leads Ted Cruz by 2 among likely voters in U.S. Senate race, new poll finds
O’Rourke has been closing the gap over the last several months, but this is the first poll that puts him ahead of Cruz.
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Ted Cruz at center of U.S. Supreme Court storm
With the midterms just weeks away and sexual misconduct allegations swirling around Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the political stakes are high for the junior senator from Texas.
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Republican Pete Flores upsets Democrat Pete Gallego in race for Uresti seat
Democrat Gallego has conceded to Flores in the race to replace convicted former state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, in a Democratic-leaning district. Flores will become the first Hispanic Republican to serve in the state Senate.
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Ted Cruz leads Beto O’Rourke 54 to 45, new poll says
The new Quinnipiac University poll surveyed likely voters instead of registered voters like it did in past iterations.
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GOP determined to flip Democratic-friendly state Senate seat in overtime round
The special election runoff Tuesday pits Republican Pete Flores against Democrat Pete Gallego for the seat formerly held by convicted state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio.
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Trump endorses Dallas congressman Pete Sessions for re-election
President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted that Sessions, R-Dallas, had his “full and complete endorsement.”
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Cruz, O’Rourke agree to 3 debates
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke have reached an agreement in their long-running negotiations over a debate schedule.
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Jerry Patterson, a Republican, endorses Democrat Miguel Suazo over George P. Bush
In a rare cross-party move, former Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson endorsed George P. Bush’s Democratic opponent on Friday.