The U.S. Senate election, the Democratic Party’s latest hope to reverse a long losing streak in statewide races, got top billing at the party's state...
The U.S. Senate election is the party’s latest hope to reverse a long losing streak in statewide races.EL PASO – U.S. Rep. Colin Allred on Friday said Sen. Ted Cruz cares only about himself and not the needs of Texans, a pointed attack designed to unite Democrats around his effort to unseat the Republican incumbent.
In 2018, O’Rourke lost to Cruz by 2.6 percentage points. The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Cruz leading Allred by 8.2 points. Allred, a former NFL linebacker and Baylor football standout, on Friday officially accepted the Democratic nomination for Senate, calling it his honor. He grew up in Dallas and went to Hillcrest High School. His mother was a teacher, and his family navigated difficult situations, including the need for affordable health care.
How to beat Cruz was an issue in the Democratic Senate primary. Allred stressed the need for bipartisan solutions. His main rival, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio, called that approach fantasy.Still, there are issues that threaten to fragment Democrats in November, including immigration and border security, the environment and foreign policy, though much of that didn’t come up in Allred’s speech.
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