FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz , of Texas, sought to fend off an underdog challenge Tuesday from Democratic Rep.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, sought to fend off an underdog challenge Tuesday from Democratic Rep. Colin Allred in one of the year's most expensive races, which is testing shifts in America's biggest red state and could factor into the fight for U.S. Senate control.
Cruz, who emphasized the importance of law and order on the campaign trail, was flanked on stage by a prominent Democratic supporter -- Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, the top prosecutor in Texas’ most populous county. But shifting demographics in Texas — driven by a booming Hispanic population — and shrinking margins of victory for GOP candidates sustained Democrats' belief that victories are in reach. Those hopes left Democrats seeing Texas as one of their few pickup opportunities in a year when they were defending twice as many Senate seats as Republicans nationally.
Cruz, who is seeking a third six-year term, has largely avoided the topic on the campaign trail while hammering Allred on the issues of immigration and policies that support transgender rights. He has called Allred out of touch with Texas, where Democrats control the state's big cities but have been shut out of power statewide and at the Texas Capitol, where the GOP holds commanding majorities.
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