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It should also be noted that Ted Cruz defeated Donald Trump in the Texas Republican primary for U.S. president in 2016. As of June 2018, Senator Cruz held a 49%–44% approval rating among Texans in a state Donald Trump won by 9 points against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Republican incumbent Ted Cruz won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic challenger and U.S. Representative Colin Allred.
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.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) secured a third term in the upper chamber on Tuesday by knocking off Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) in one of the most expensive races on the 2024 map, depriving Democrats of ...
On March 1, 2016, Super Tuesday, Cruz won Texas by 17%, along with Alaska and Oklahoma, providing him with four state primary victories total. [256] In the Texas primary, he received the most votes in all but six of the state's 254 counties. [257] On March 5, Cruz won the Kansas and Maine caucuses, giving him six statewide wins. [258] [259] [260]
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, speaks during a rally at Million Air in El Paso on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. Most of Cruz's remarks focused on drawing contrast between him and his opponent in the U.S. Senate ...
Texas requires a majority for nomination, as well as a second round runoff between the two candidates with the two highest pluralities if none win a majority on the first round. [12] No candidate won a majority in either 2012 major party first round primary, so both parties had a runoff on July 31, 2012.
Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's success was rooted in rural Texas from the Panhandle to the High Plains where he ran up the score. Ted Cruz re-elected, wins third term in US Senate for ...