U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and his Democratic challenger, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, campaigned Saturday in battleground Harris County, holding their first rallies in Texas since the traditional political turning point of Labor Day.
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Report: Trump official says U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz could lose to U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke
At a closed-door meeting with Republican donors, President Donald Trump’s budget chief said likability “still counts,” The New York Times reported Saturday.
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Ted Cruz campaign criticizes Beto O’Rourke for co-hosting fundraiser with PAC
O’Rourke’s campaign held a fundraiser this week co-hosted by a political action committee, prompting charges of hypocrisy from Cruz’s camp. O’Rourke’s camp insist the El Paso congressman has not broken his pledge to not take any PAC money in his bid to unseat Cruz.
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O’Rourke campaign: “Impostor” responsible for texts about helping undocumented immigrants vote
The campaign of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke says some eyebrow-raising texts that surfaced Wednesday were not “approved” by the campaign.
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Full video rebuts Ted Cruz claim that Beto O’Rourke praised flag burning
The ad released online by the Cruz campaign Tuesday uses portions of an exchange O’Rourke had with an attendee of a town hall. A closer look at the context shows that O’Rourke’s statements were not specifically about “flag burning.”
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Analysis: Some voters want candidates who watch what they say. Some don’t.
What a politician says can divide the electorate, for better or worse. And sometimes, two politicians can say the same things and send their partisans scurrying in opposite directions.
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Cruz allies take aim at O’Rourke over eminent domain, father-in-law
The Club for Growth, a national conservative group that recently announced plans for a seven-figure investment in the U.S. Senate race, is launching its opening salvo at Democratic nominee Beto O’Rourke.
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Beto O’Rourke DWI episode in 1998 included car crash and alleged attempt to flee
The state and local police reports, published Thursday night by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, say that O’Rourke was involved in a drunken driving episode 20 years ago in which he crashed into another vehicle and sought to flee.
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Analysis: A viewer’s guide to the 2018 Texas elections
Texans will start casting ballots in less than eight weeks and campaigns are turning their attention from raising money and organizing to those voters: winning their support, revving them up and getting them to the polls. The stakes are big.
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Ted Cruz says Beto O’Rourke voted against Harvey tax breaks. O’Rourke says there’s more to the story.
O’Rourke said he voted against the bill because of what was not included in it.
