Ted Cruz Poll Raises Alarm Bells in Texas Election [View all]
A new poll on the Texas Senate race shows incumbent Ted Cruz tied with his two most formidable Democratic challengers, raising alarm bells for the two-term Republican.
The survey, released Thursday by Emerson College, found Cruz polling at 42 percent among likely voters in a hypothetical matchup with U.S. Representative Colin Allred, who had 40 percent support. In a matchup with Texas state Senator Roland Gutierrez, 41 percent said they would vote for Cruz and 40 percent said Gutierrez.
The numbers echo the difficult reelection effort Cruz faced in 2018 when he faced off against Democrat Beto O'Rourke in one of the closest Senate contests in Texas in decades. Ultimately, Republicans held on to the seat after Cruz narrowly defeated O'Rourke by 219,000 votes. The last Democrat to represent Texas in the Senate was Bob Kruger in 1993. Kruger was appointed to finish Lloyd Bentsen's fourth term after Bentsen became President Bill Clinton's treasury secretary.
This year, three Democrats are gunning for the party's nomination in Texas. Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez is also running. The Thursday poll found Allred to be the most popular candidate among Democratic primary voters, with 29 percent support, followed by Gutierrez at 7 percent and Gonzalez at 6 percent. However, 37 percent said they are undecided ahead of the March 5 primary.
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