Beto O’Rourke’s grassroots campaign in 254 counties represents a major deviation from the political playbook employed by the majority of Texas Democrats over the last 20 years. Most campaigns concentrate on the state’s major population centers.
2018 Texas U.S. Senate Election
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Beto O’Rourke says he’s “very, very proud of my mom” after Ted Cruz brings up her tax fraud case
Cruz called O’Rourke a hypocrite for supporting taxing businesses for sales across state lines, pointing to a furniture store owned by O’Rourke’s mother that was found guilty in 2010 of tax law violations.
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Ted Cruz leads Beto O’Rourke by 11 points in Senate race, new poll finds
The new poll comes about a month after the same firm called the race “too close to call.”
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Hispanic identity is already shaping the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke
In the high-profile Senate race between incumbent Ted Cruz and challenger Beto O’Rourke, there are numerous ways in which their unique relationships with the Hispanic community have already intersected.
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Marijuana legalization, war on drugs emerge as issues in race between Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has opened a new front in his crusade to paint his Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, as out of step with solidly red Texas.
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Beto O’Rourke wants to debate Ted Cruz 6 times, including twice in Spanish
“A debate in Spanish would not be very good because my Spanish isn’t good enough,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said at a campaign event Tuesday afternoon, “but I look forward to debating Congressman O’Rourke.”
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Beto O’Rourke to major Democratic super PAC donor: “Thanks, but no thanks”
Tom Steyer, one of the biggest Democratic donors in the country, openly mulled spending on O’Rourke’s behalf via his environmental super PAC, NextGen America.
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Analysis: A poll showing a close race in Texas, if most Texans voted
If all registered voters in Texas — or even most of them — actually voted, a new poll on this year’s U.S. Senate race would be a lot more interesting. As is, it’s just a look at what might happen in an election held today, if 15.2 million Texans turned out to vote.
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New poll finds race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke “too close to call”
A new Quinnipiac University poll of Texas voters finds 47 percent support Cruz, the Republican incumbent, while 44 percent back O’Rourke, an El Paso Democrat.
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Ted Cruz to report raising less than half what Beto O’Rourke raised this year
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign will report raising $3.2 million in the first three months of this year, less than half the $6.7 million his Democratic rival has said he will report for the period.
