Cruz Still Up vs. Allred After Texas Senate Debate, Paper Claims

After months of bashing each other at a distance, Ted Cruz and Colin Allred finally brought their US Senate battle to the debate stage in the only faceoff of their increasingly bitter campaign, Ryan J. Rusak reported for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Cruz has complained that Republicans have not come to his aid the way Senate Democrats have poured money into Texas on Allred’s behalf. I Photo: Ted Cruz Facebook

The debate at WFAA-TV studios in Dallas was a lively clash between two candidates who clearly have increasing animosity toward each other—and an understanding that this lone faceoff carried the potential for a game-changing moment in the last three weeks of a close race.

Cruz and his allies have sounded the alarm about a close race in recent days. The senator complained that Republicans have not come to his aid the way Senate Democrats have poured money into Texas on Allred’s behalf.

But the fundamentals of the race still favor Cruz. Donald Trump will win the state, although by smaller margins than other recent Republican nominees.

Republicans outnumber Democrats, meaning Allred has to find a way to do some of the hardest things in politics: split voters away from their party and get new voters to the polls.