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The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz secured a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke.
On January 9, 2017, the day before the 85th Texas Legislature began its session, incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick announced he would run for re-election in 2018. [9] He stated his early announcement was in order to dispel rumors of a primary challenge to Governor Greg Abbott or U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. [9]
As part of the attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election that Trump lost, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton filed a suit with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to have election results in four states nullified. Cruz, who had previously argued nine cases before the Supreme Court, agreed to Trump's request to argue the Paxton suit should ...
The only time a Democrat came close to beating Cruz was during his last re-election bid in 2018. Beto O’Rourke, the challenger, had earned 48.3% of the vote while Cruz earned 50.9% of the vote.
Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's success was rooted in ... for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. ... until the eve of Election Day. And as he did in 2018, Cruz got a late ...
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will win reelection to a third ... a former NFL linebacker who defeated GOP Rep. Pete Sessions to win his House seat in 2018, was seen as a viable challenger. ... He was a 2016 ...
O'Rourke came to national prominence during his 2018 United States Senate campaign in Texas, where he narrowly lost to incumbent Republican Ted Cruz. He later sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President, but ended his campaign before any votes were cast.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s Democratic opponent in the November election trails by 3 percentage points, according to a new poll. ... Cruz was last on the ballot in 2018 when he defeated Democrat Beto O ...