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Since 1990, Texas has voted for Republican statewide candidates in all elections, whether it be presidential, gubernatorial, or senatorial, often by large margins. In 1998, Governor George W. Bush won re-election by 37 points over his Democratic challenger, Garry Mauro. In 2000, Governor Bush won Texas by 21 points over Vice President Al Gore.
The Texas Democratic Party also called on the U.S. Department of Justice to open an official investigation into Cruz for inciting sedition and treason. [199] [200] [201] The Houston Chronicle called for Cruz to resign. [202] The San Antonio Express-News called for Cruz to be expelled from the Senate. [203]
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas . There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas , with populations of approximately 940,000 per ...
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 ...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Democratic rival Rep. Colin Allred will face Tuesday in the Texas Senate race. Cruz finds himself locked in a competitive reelection battle with Allred. Though The Hill ...
Tippetts' showing exceeded the previous record for most votes for a Libertarian nominee for Texas governor; that record had been set in 1990. The election also took place alongside a closer, higher-profile Senate race between Beto O'Rourke and Ted Cruz , which may have played a factor in making the Democratic gubernatorial candidate ...
The results are similar to the schools’ poll from earlier this year that also predicted single digit margins. The survey of likely voters between June 20 and July 1 showed Cruz up by 2.4 ...
Republicans control both U.S. Senate seats, all statewide offices, both houses of the Texas Legislature, and a large majority in Texas's U.S. House congressional delegation. 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.