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In the third quarter of 2018, O'Rourke raised $38.1 million. This was the largest quarterly total raised by a U.S. Senate candidate [201] until Jaime Harrison raised $57 million in the third quarter of 2020 in the South Carolina election. [202] Cruz and O'Rourke combined to raise a record-setting total of $126 million during the 2018 campaign ...
This is the electoral history of Beto O'Rourke, who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. He previously served in the El Paso City Council from 2005 to 2011.
Beto O’Rourke, the challenger, had earned 48.3% of the vote while Cruz earned 50.9% of the vote. It marked a significant contrast from Cruz's 2012 election bid, where he won against Democratic ...
Cruz was first elected in 2012, defeating Paul Sadler by 15.84 points and was reelected in 2018 by only 2.56 points, narrowly defeating Beto O'Rourke. [9] [10] The close elections in 2018 prompted many electoral analysts to speculate that Texas could become a swing state, but in the 2020 and 2022 elections, Republicans increased their margins ...
Cruz stopped to campaign in El Paso during the final weekend before the Nov. 5 election. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, speaks during a rally at Million Air in El Paso on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.
The nailbiter Texas Senate race mirrored similar political tension in 2018, when Cruz narrowly won a second term by beating Democrat Beto O’ Rourke by just 2.6 points.
The 2018 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 6, 2018. All of Texas's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican and Democratic Parties nominated their candidates by primaries held ...
Beto O’Rourke’s candidacy dramatically shifted a race where Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had been an easy bet for re-election, but his unorthodox campaign was not enough to unseat the tea party ...