U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz won re-election in 2018 against Democrat Beto O’Rourke by about 2.6 percentage points. Here’s a look at the margins of victory for every U.S. Senate election in Texas since 1961.
Congress
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Texas Elections 2018
After SNL mocks his war injury, Texas congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw says he tries hard “not to be offended”
Crenshaw is running for an open seat in a Houston-area district. His opponent also condemned the joke.
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke entered Congress at the same time. Here’s what they have accomplished.
Over their six years in Congress, what have Cruz and O’Rourke gotten done? We dug into their legislative histories and asked both men for their top accomplishments in the Capitol.
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Texas Elections 2018
With U.S. House GOP majority in the balance, Culberson and Fletcher battle in West Houston
In a race that could determine control of the U.S. House, U.S. Rep. John Culberson and Democratic challenger Lizzie Fletcher spar over Hurricane Harvey response, health care and a freeway.
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Texas Elections 2018
While Beto O’Rourke rakes in cash, big donors ignore the Democratic statewide ticket
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke has raised money hand over fist, but the rest of the statewide ticket has been left relatively empty-handed as many left-leaning megadonors have shifted — or sharply curtailed — their giving.
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Texas Elections 2018
In GOP strongholds, Texas Democrats running liberal campaigns have raised eye-popping sums
Enthusiasm for Texas Democratic candidates extends beyond Beto O’Rourke as progressive Democrats raise unprecedented amounts of money.
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Congress
Texas Democrats in Congress oppose Trump proposal to end birthright citizenship. Most Republicans have stayed silent.
Three of the four Republicans who responded to our requests for comment said they supported President Donald Trump’s idea.
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Texas Elections 2018
For both parties, the race between U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions and Colin Allred is bigger than one seat
Sessions, a Dallas Republican, is one of the most powerful Texans in Congress, making the battle for the seat about more than just determining which party controls the U.S. House.
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Politics
Ted Cruz leads Beto O’Rourke 51 to 46, Quinnipiac poll finds
With just over a week until Election Day, incumbent Ted Cruz continues to lead his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke.
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Congress
Former aide to Texas congressman files complaint saying she was fired over pregnancy
Kristie Small said when she asked Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar to meet to discuss plans for her maternity leave, he told her she was on a 90-day “probation period” and set two new markers for her performance that he later claimed she had failed to meet.
