U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will be up for reelection next year, now a seasoned senator and established conservative leader. But Democrats are still holding out hope they can repeat the sensation of Beto-mania.
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Top Democratic super PAC boosts MJ Hegar in Texas’ U.S. Senate race with $8.6 million TV blitz
The group is jumping into the contest with an ad campaign targeting Republican incumbent John Cornyn on health care.
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Analysis: Unlike the 2018 election in Texas, 2020’s top races won’t set spending records
Two years ago in Texas, interest and election turnout were juiced by a $125 million race for U.S. Senate. This year’s ballot is topped by an extraordinary race for president, but the political spending at the top won’t match 2018.
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Analyzing 2019: Elections past, elections future
Election results from 2018 and prospects for the 2020 election led by President Donald Trump’s reelection bid provided a steady and strong undertow for political and policy conversations in Texas. And they still do.
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Analysis: Beto O’Rourke’s out, but he still casts a shadow on the 2020 Texas elections
Beto O’Rourke’s bid for the presidency failed. And he lost his 2018 bid for U.S. Senate. But he upended the status quo in Texas politics in ways that will play out in the 2020 elections.
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Beto O’Rourke looks to reactivate suburban strength in Texas
After falling to third in recent Texas polls, the Democratic presidential candidates barnstorms the suburbs that help tell the story of his breakthrough 2018 U.S. Senate campaign.
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After staying out of 2018 race to unseat Hurd, O’Rourke says he’ll “very likely support” nominee this time
The former El Paso congressman angered some Democrats last year by taking a vow of neutrality in Texas’ most competitive congressional contest.
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Beto O’Rourke’s impeachment rhetoric shifts as Mueller report sinks in
As a U.S. Senate candidate last year, O’Rourke didn’t go out of his way to talk impeachment.
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MJ Hegar, former congressional candidate, says she’s running to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
Hegar, the former Air Force helicopter pilot who mounted a spirited challenge to U.S. Rep. John Carter in 2018, is running for the U.S. Senate next year.
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In Iowa debut, Beto O’Rourke picks up where Senate campaign left off
The newly minted presidential candidate kicked off a three-day tour of Iowa on Thursday, shortly after making his 2020 bid official.
