Incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is expected to retain his Senate seat after being challenged by three-term Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), Fox News projected.
In the Senate race, nearly 60% of the votes were counted as of 9:30 p.m., with Mr. Cruz leading Mr. Allred 52.3% to 45.7%.
The contest is one of the most expensive and high-profile Senate races in the nation, with both candidates nurture In total, more than $160 million.
Cruz first won his Senate seat in 2012 by a nearly 16-point margin over former state Sen. Paul Sadler. In 2018, he won re-election by a narrow margin of 2.6 percentage points against former Representative Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas). RealClear polling predicted Cruz will win by 4.4 points in 2024.
What Alred tried to do democrats don't have end Since 1994: Won statewide elections in Texas. Democratic Party too pumped up millions of dollars He entered the race with the aim of wresting the Senate seat from the Republicans and increasing their current 51-49 majority.
Texas Senate election 1 of 11 critical race That will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate in the next Congress. The path to a Republican majority likely lies in Cruz's seat, currently held by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is in a close race with Breitbart and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.). It will start by defending both of the seats that are held. Nick Gilbertson of The News gave this assessment.
“If Mr. Cruz and Mr. Scott win these elections, Republicans will secure at least 49 seats and be poised to win and build a majority through contests elsewhere,” he said. .
all red roughly concentrated His campaign on abortion is similar to that of Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats across the country. Cruz has decided to focus his campaign primarily on the struggling economy and porous southern border under the Biden-Harris administration.
Borders emerged as an opinion among voters. top concerns Prior to the 2024 presidential election, countless story Cases have come to light in which women and children were assaulted and murdered by violent criminals who were allowed to enter the United States by the Biden-Harris administration.
Analysis by Texas Tribune Found Fifty-eight solid red counties and six border counties broke early voting turnout records in 2020. For example, Zapata County, south of Laredo and home to about 8,000 people, saw a 14% increase in turnout.
At the same time, the outlet found that large blue counties did not outperform their 2020 early voting rates.
“In fact, the state's largest counties all experienced similar declines in turnout of 10 to 12 percentage points,” the report said.
Texas Secretary of State reported record There are 18.62 million registered voters in 2024, an increase of 5% from 17.67 million in November 2022. about Nine million The votes were cast during early voting across the state.
