In interviews with The Texas Tribune, both candidates were asked if they’d commit to serving their full six-year terms in the U.S. Senate. There has been speculation that either — or both — could run for president in 2020.
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Analysis: Texas politics can change plenty in 2018 without a blue wave
Hopeful Democrats are talking about whether Texas or the rest of the country is in for a blue wave in this year’s elections. They should be looking for purple splotches in what has been a very red state for more than two decades.
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Texas Elections 2018
“Modern-day Jim Crow.” “We’re going to protect pre-existing conditions.” Here’s a closer look at claims made at Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke’s debate.
At the first of three U.S. Senate campaign debates, Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke lobbed attack after attack. Here’s the history behind some of their claims.
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Texas Elections 2018
Watch Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke in first Senate debate
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, held the first of their three hourlong debates at Southern Methodist University. Here’s the full video, courtesy of KXAS-TV.
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke clash over immigration, Trump, guns during intense debate
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke held a feisty debate Friday evening at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
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Texas Elections 2018
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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Analysis: Neal Dikeman’s voters could decide which Texan serves in the U.S. Senate
In close elections, the handfuls of votes collected by third-party candidates can make all the difference. That makes the Libertarian in the U.S. Senate race that much more interesting.
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Texas Elections 2018
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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Criminal Justice
After the death of Botham Jean, should a Dallas officer be fired? Those decisions often take time.
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Beto O’Rourke joined protesters in saying the decision should be easy. But police departments rarely move quickly on such issues.
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Politics
Willie Nelson is playing a political concert for Beto O’Rourke. Some fans are abandoning him.
After Willie Nelson announced Wednesday that he would be headlining a Sept. 29 rally for O’Rourke in Austin, fans have taken to social media to boycott and publicly disown the country legend.