TEXAS, USA — The biggest battle in Texas this November is the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Houston, and challenger Congressman Colin Allred, D-Dallas.
Hear from both candidates in our latest episode of Y’all-itics:
Cruz recently told WFAA senior political reporter Jason Whitely that he’s confident as he campaigns for a third term in the U.S. Senate.
Even though he’s already served 12 years in office, Cruz says there’s still an “enormous” amount he wants to accomplish.
“My number one priority in the Senate is jobs, jobs, jobs,” he told us. “And why is it that companies from all over America come to Texas to open jobs? Because we’re the best environment. We have low taxes, reasonable regulations, and we gotta protect, we gotta keep Texas, Texas.”
Jason Whitely also sat down with Allred at the beginning of August, just after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the job instead.
“This was a close race before he (Biden) got out of the race and it’s still a close race now,” Allred said. “Enthusiasm is important, but now we also have to turn it into action and getting folks out to vote, which has been one of our big struggles here in Texas,” said the Democrat.
A new survey of likely Texas voters shows that the race for U.S. Senate is tight, with Sen. Cruz leading Congressman Allred 46.6% - 44.5%, with 6.4% of voters remaining undecided in the race.
The survey was released by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston and the Executive Master of Public Administration program in the Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. The margin of error is +/- 2.65%.
Early voting runs October 21 – November 1.
Election day is November 5 when polls will be open from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
You can learn more about each U.S. Senate candidate after listening to our latest episode of Y’all-itics. Cheers!
