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This has led Democrats to begin targeting Texas as a potential future swing state. 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 ...
Cruz v. Beto, 405 U.S. 319 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court upheld a Free Exercise claim based on the allegations that the state of Texas had discriminated against a Buddhist prisoner by "denying him a reasonable opportunity to pursue his Buddhist faith comparable to that offered other prisoners adhering to conventional religious precepts."
Back then, Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, the progressive El Paso congressman with a penchant for the F-bomb and standing on countertops, was attempting to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz.
In the fiery first debate between GOP incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the differences couldn't have been more clear.
Despite losing the election to Cruz by a margin of 2.6%, O'Rourke set a record for most votes ever cast for a Democrat in an election in Texas. On March 14, 2019, O'Rourke announced his candidacy in the 2020 United States presidential election. He suspended his campaign on November 1, 2019, due to a lack of traction and financial issues.
Cruz is riding Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago tuxedo coattails to victory. But Allred proved he is a much stronger Democratic challenger and debater than Beto O’Rourke in 2018. | Opinion
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 ...
Cruz is seeking his third term in the U.S. Senate after nearly falling to Beto O'Rourke ... Allred and Cruz engaged in a heated exchange when pressed on border issues. Allred, who previously ...