Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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]
2018 United States Senate elections ← 2016 November 6, 2018 November 27 (Mississippi runoff) 2020 → ← 2017 (AL) 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority Majority party Minority party Leader Mitch McConnell Chuck Schumer Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 2007 January 3, 2017 Leader's seat Kentucky New York Seats before 51 47 Seats ...
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.
Source: Associated Press. By Christopher Awai, Bill Dorn, Raphael Eidus, Sam Ellner, Jesse Kipp, Kevin Mangubat, Matt Midboe, Andy Read, Sara Rubin, Han Su and Qing Wu
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will win ... with the GOP winning every statewide election there since 1994. ... a former NFL linebacker who defeated GOP Rep. Pete Sessions to win his House seat in 2018, was ...
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 ...
Ted Cruz and Judge Brett Kavanaugh in July 2018. In March 2016, about seven months before the forthcoming presidential election, Cruz argued the Senate should not consider Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court on the grounds that "this should be a decision for the people. Let the election decide.