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2018 United States Senate election in Texas

February 15, 2024

For related races, see 2018 United States Senate elections.

The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz won re-election to a second term defeating Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. The primary for all parties was held on March 6, 2018, making it the first primary of the 2018 season.[2] As Cruz and O'Rourke both won majorities in their primaries, they did not participate in the May 22 runoff primary that was held for some nominations in Texas.[3]

2018 United States Senate election in Texas
← 2012 November 6, 2018 2024 →
Turnout53.01% (of registered voters)
42.07% (of voting age population)[1]
 
Nominee Ted Cruz Beto O'Rourke
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 4,260,553 4,045,632
Percentage 50.89% 48.33%
Cruz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
O'Rourke:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No data
U.S. senator before election

Ted Cruz
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Cruz
Republican

No Democrat has won a general election for statewide office in Texas since Bob Bullock was reelected as lieutenant governor in 1994, with election forecasters declaring it a safe Republican seat at the beginning of the 2018 cycle.[4] However, O'Rourke gradually closed the gap,[5] and leading up to the election, the race was considered unexpectedly competitive.[6]

On Election Day, Cruz defeated O'Rourke[7] by a margin just short of 215,000 votes, or 2.6 percent; the race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Texas since 1978.[8]

Background edit

Main article: Politics of Texas

In 2012, after a stunning upset victory in the Republican primary, then-Solicitor General of Texas Ted Cruz defeated former member of the Texas House of Representatives Paul Sadler by a 16-point margin (56%–40%). Texas has not elected a Democratic senator since 1988. As conservatives began turning to the Republican Party in once strongly Democratic areas, Democratic voters in the state were largely based in the majority-Hispanic communities in Southern Texas and in populous metropolitan cities, such as Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas, as well as the heavily Hispanic city of El Paso on the state's western tip, which O'Rourke represented in the U.S. House.

Since 1990, Texas has voted for Republican statewide candidates in all elections, whether it be presidential, gubernatorial, or senatorial, often by large margins. In 1998, Governor George W. Bush won re-election by 37 points over his Democratic challenger, Garry Mauro. In 2000, Governor Bush won Texas by 21 points over Vice President Al Gore. In 2004, President Bush won Texas over Senator John Kerry by 23 points, winning rural areas by landslide margins, capturing urban zones, and coming very close to winning the Latino vote (49% to Kerry's 50%). Democrat Barack Obama was defeated by margins of 12 points in 2008, against John McCain, and 16 points in 2012, against Mitt Romney, respectively. However, in 2016, Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by only a 9-point margin, demonstrating a possible shift away from the Safe Republican status it had held for over a decade. This has led Democrats to begin targeting Texas as a potential future swing state. It should also be noted that Ted Cruz defeated Donald Trump in the Texas Republican primary for U.S. President in 2016.

As of June 2018, Senator Cruz held a 49%–44% approval rating among Texans in a state Donald Trump won by 9 points against Hillary Clinton in 2016. Among groups that tend to affiliate themselves more with the Democratic Party, Senator Cruz held a 29% approval rating among Hispanics, 37% among women, and 42% among college-educated voters.[9]

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Eliminated in primary edit

Failed to qualify edit

  • Thomas Dillingham, businessman[16]

Withdrew edit

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

Bruce Jacobson
Individuals
Stefano de Stefano
Media

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz 		Stefano
de Stefano 		Bruce
Jacobson 		Mary
Miller 		Geraldine
Sam 		Undecided
Dixie Strategies February 22–23, 2018 – ± 4.7% 73% 1% 2% 2% 1% 21%
University of Texas February 1–12, 2018 612 ± 5.3% 91% 1% 3% 3% 2% –
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz 		Michael
McCaul 		Other Undecided
Dixie Strategies September 29 – October 1, 2016 321 ± 3.5% 52% 12% 7% 29%
Public Policy Polling August 12–14, 2016 522 – 51% 19% – 31%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz 		George P.
Bush 		Other Undecided
Dixie Strategies August 8–9, 2016 448 – 40% 21% 12% 27%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz 		Dan
Patrick 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling August 12–14, 2016 522 – 49% 27% – 24%
Dixie Strategies August 8–9, 2016 448 – 38% 23% 15% 24%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz 		Rick
Perry 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling August 12–14, 2016 522 – 37% 46% 18%

Results edit

 
County results of the Republican primary for Class 1 United States Senate in Texas, 2018
Cruz
  •   Cruz—≥90%
  •   Cruz—80–90%
  •   Cruz—70–80%
No votes
  •   No votes
Republican primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Cruz (incumbent) 1,322,724 85.36%
Republican Mary Miller 94,715 6.11%
Republican Bruce Jacobson Jr. 64,791 4.18%
Republican Stefano de Stefano 44,456 2.87%
Republican Geraldine Sam 22,887 1.48%
Total votes 1,549,573 100%

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Eliminated in primary edit

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

Beto O'Rourke
Newspapers
Organizations
Sema Hernandez
Individuals

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Sema
Hernandez 		Edward
Kimbrough 		Beto
O'Rourke 		Undecided
Dixie Strategies February 22–23, 2018 – ± 5.7% 6% 4% 38% 53%
University of Texas February 1–12, 2018 453 ± 7.4% 19% 8% 73% –

Results edit

 
County results of the Democratic primary for Class 1 United States Senate in Texas, 2018
  O'Rourke
  •   O'Rourke—>90%
  •   O'Rourke—80-90%
  •   O'Rourke—70-80%
  •   O'Rourke—60-70%
  •   O'Rourke—50-60%
  •   O'Rourke—40-50%
  •   O'Rourke—<40%
  •   Kimbrough / O'Rourke—50%
  O'Rourke/Hernandez tie
  •   O'Rourke/Hernandez tie—<50%
  O'Rourke/Kimbrough tie
  •   O'Rourke/Kimbrough tie—50%
  Hernandez
  •   Hernandez—>90%
  •   Hernandez—80-90%
  •   Hernandez—70-80%
  •   Hernandez—60-70%
  •   Hernandez—50-60%
  •   Hernandez—40-50%
  •   Hernandez—<40%
  Kimbrough
  •   Kimbrough—<40%
  •   Kimbrough—40-50%
  •   Kimbrough—50-60%
  •   Kimbrough—60-70%
  •   Kimbrough—70-80%
  •   Kimbrough—80-90%
  •   Kimbrough—>90%
Democratic primary results[46]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 644,632 61.81%
Democratic Sema Hernandez 247,424 23.72%
Democratic Edward Kimbrough 150,858 14.47%
Total votes 1,042,914 100%

Libertarian nomination edit

Candidates edit

Nominated edit

Independents edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

  • Carl Bible, nurse[49]
  • Jonathan Jenkins, tech entrepreneur[50][51]
  • Bob McNeil, businessman[52] (American Citizen Party)[a]

Declined edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ American Citizen Party does not have ballot access. Appears on ballot as "Independent".[53]

General election edit

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[56] Tossup October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[57] Likely R November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[58] Lean R November 5, 2018
CNN[59] Lean R October 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[60] Lean R November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[61] Lean R October 5, 2018
Fox News[62][a] Lean R October 30, 2018
Notes
  1. ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Debates edit

  • Complete video of debate, September 21, 2018
  • Complete video of debate, October 16, 2018

Endorsements edit

Ted Cruz (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State officials
Texas State Senators
Texas State Representatives
Local officeholders
Individuals
Labor unions
  • San Antonio Police Officers Association[87]
Organizations
Beto O'Rourke (D)
Former U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Texas State Senators
  • Wendy Davis, former State Senator (D-10th District) and 2014 Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas[113]
Texas State Representatives
  • Chris Turner, State Representative (101st District) and Chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus[114]
Local officeholders
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers

Fundraising edit

In the third quarter of 2018, O'Rourke raised $38.1 million. This amount was the largest quarterly total raised by a U.S. Senate candidate[197] until Jaime Harrison raised $57 million in the third quarter of 2020 in the South Carolina election.[198] Cruz and O'Rourke combined to raise a record-setting total of $126 million during the 2018 campaign.[199][200]

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2018
Candidate (party) Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on hand
Ted Cruz (R) $45,668,718 $45,990,176 $157,959
Beto O'Rourke (D) $80,344,836 $80,458,720 $284,816
Neal Dikeman (L) $33,732 $33,398 $333
Source: Federal Election Commission[200]

Polling edit

 
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz (R) 		Beto
O'Rourke (D) 		Neal
Dikeman (L) 		Other Undecided
Trafalgar Group (R) November 3–5, 2018 2,135 ± 2.1% 52% 43% – 1% 4%
Change Research (D-Reason to Believe PAC) November 1–2, 2018 1,211 – 49% 49% 1% – –
Emerson College October 28–30, 2018 781 ± 3.7% 50% 47% 1% – 2%
Quinnipiac University October 22–28, 2018 1,078 ± 3.5% 51% 46% – 1% 3%
University of Texas Tyler October 15–28, 2018 905 LV – 47% 43% – 4% 6%
1,033 RV ± 3.0% 47% 42% – 4% 8%
Dixie Strategies October 25–26, 2018 588 ± 4.0% 52% 42% – – 5%
GBA Strategies (D-End Citizens United) October 18–21, 2018 1,000 ± 4.0% 50% 46% 2% – 2%
University of Texas/YouGov October 15–21, 2018 927 ± 3.2% 51% 45% 2% 2% –
Ipsos October 12–18, 2018 1,298 ± 3.2% 49% 44% – 3% 1%
Tulchin Research (D-MoveOn) October 10–14, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 49% 45% 3% – 3%
CNN/SSRS October 9–13, 2018 716 LV ± 4.5% 52% 45% – 0% 2%
862 RV ± 4.1% 50% 45% – 0% 3%
WPA Intelligence (R-Club for Growth) October 8–13, 2018 801 ± 3.5% 52% 43% 1% – 4%
NYT Upshot/Siena College October 8–11, 2018 800 ± 3.6% 51% 43% 1% – 5%
Quinnipiac University October 3–9, 2018 730 ± 4.4% 54% 45% – 0% 2%
YouGov October 2–5, 2018 881 – 50% 44% – 2% 4%
Emerson College October 1–5, 2018 500 ± 4.5% 47% 42% – 3% 8%
Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care) September 19–20, 2018 613 ± 4.0% 48% 45% – – 8%
Public Policy Polling (D-End Citizens United) September 19–20, 2018 603 ± 4.0% 49% 46% – – 5%
September 16–18, 2018 508 ± 4.4% 50% 50% – – –
Quinnipiac University September 11–17, 2018 807 ± 4.1% 54% 45% – 0% 1%
Chism Strategies (D-Reform Austin) September 11–12, 2018 1,161 ± 3.0% 49% 45% – – 5%
Ipsos September 6–14, 2018 992 ± 4.0% 45% 47% – 3% 5%
Crosswind Media & Public Relations September 6–9, 2018 800 ± 4.0% 47% 44% – – –
Dixie Strategies September 6–7, 2018 519 ± 4.3% 46% 42% 1% – 11%
August 22–25, 2018 550 ± 4.4% 38% 37% – 4% 21%
NBC News/Marist August 12–16, 2018 759 ± 3.8% 49% 45% – 1% 6%
Civiqs[a] August 8–11, 2018 –[b] – 47% 48% – – –
Public Policy Polling (D-End Citizens United) August 1–2, 2018 797 ± 3.5% 46% 42% – – –
Quinnipiac University July 26–31, 2018 1,118 ± 3.5% 49% 43% – 0% 6%
July 9–26, 2018 441 LV ± 4.7% 41% 39% 1% – 19%
806 RV ± 3.5% 36% 34% 3% – 24%
Gravis Marketing July 3–7, 2018 602 ± 4.0% 51% 42% – – 7%
YouGov June 19–22, 2018 821 LV – 50% 40% – 3% 7%
1,025 RV ± 3.6% 44% 36% – 3% 13%
University of Texas/YouGov June 8–17, 2018 1,200 ± 2.8% 41% 36% 2% 3% 17%
GQR Research (D-End Citizens United) May 29 – June 5, 2018 1,000 ± 3.1% 49% 43% – – 8%
Quinnipiac University May 23–29, 2018 961 ± 3.8% 50% 39% – 0% 9%
Baselice & Associates (R-TLRPAC) May 21–28, 2018 601 ± 4.1% 48% 36% 3% 1% 11%
Public Policy Polling (D-Giffords) May 21–22, 2018 861 ± 3.3% 48% 42% – – 10%
JMC Analytics (R-Red Metrics Group) May 19–21, 2018 575 ± 4.1% 47% 40% – 6%[201] 7%
Quinnipiac University April 12–17, 2018 1,029 ± 3.6% 47% 44% – 1% 8%
Public Policy Polling (D-End Citizens United) January 17–18, 2018 757 ± 3.6% 45% 37% – – 18%
WPA Intelligence (R-Cruz) December 12–14, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 52% 34% – 1% 13%
April 3–9, 2017 1,000 ± 3.1% 30% 30% – 3% 37%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz (R) 		Joaquin
Castro (D) 		Other Undecided
April 3–9, 2017 1,000 ± 3.1% 31% 35% 3% 31%
Public Policy Polling August 12–14, 2016 944 ± 3.2% 48% 36% – 16%
Dixie Strategies August 8–9, 2016 1,018 ± 3.1% 32% 31% 14% 23%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ted
Cruz (R) 		Wendy
Davis (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling August 12–14, 2016 944 ± 3.2% 49% 37% 14%

Results edit

On November 6, 2018, Ted Cruz defeated Beto O'Rourke. However, O'Rourke gave Democrats their best performance in a Texas statewide election since Ann Richards was elected governor in 1990.[202] In addition, O'Rourke flipped several counties in Texas that Donald Trump carried in 2016, including Williamson (includes Round Rock and Georgetown), historically conservative Tarrant (includes Fort Worth and suburbs within the DFW metroplex), Jefferson (includes Beaumont and Port Arthur), Nueces (includes Corpus Christi), sparsely populated Brewster (includes Big Bend National Park), and Hays (includes San Marcos). Cruz only flipped one county that voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, sparsely populated Kenedy (coastal region south of Corpus Christi).

United States Senate election in Texas, 2018[203]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ted Cruz (incumbent) 4,260,553 50.89% -5.57%
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 4,045,632 48.33% +7.71%
Libertarian Neal Dikeman 65,470 0.78% -1.28%
Total votes 8,371,655 100% N/A
Republican hold

By county edit

Legend
Counties won by Cruz
Counties won by O'Rourke
2018 U.S. Senate election results by Texas county
County Cruz
Republican 		O'Rourke
Democratic 		Dikeman
Libertarian 		Margin Total
votes
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Anderson 11,335 76.92% 3,307 22.44% 94 0.64% 8,028 54.48% 14,736
Andrews 3,338 80.80% 776 18.78% 17 0.41% 2,562 62.02% 4,131
Angelina 19,166 72.46% 7,130 26.96% 153 0.58% 12,036 45.51% 26,449
Aransas 6,677 74.35% 2,247 25.02% 56 0.62% 4,430 49.33% 8,980
Archer 3,208 89.06% 376 10.44% 18 0.50% 2,832 78.62% 3,602
Armstrong 819 91.10% 74 8.23% 6 0.67% 745 82.87% 899
Atascosa 7,753 63.53% 4,332 35.50% 119 0.98% 3,421 28.03% 12,204
Austin 8,772 79.05% 2,241 20.19% 84 0.76% 6,531 58.85% 11,097
Bailey 1,204 74.50% 405 25.06% 7 0.43% 799 49.44% 1,616
Bandera 7,643 79.75% 1,865 19.46% 76 0.79% 5,778 60.29% 9,584
Bastrop 15,067 54.87% 12,082 44.00% 312 1.14% 2,985 10.87% 27,461
Baylor 1,070 86.64% 156 12.63% 9 0.73% 914 74.01% 1,235
Bee 4,342 60.16% 2,811 38.95% 64 0.89% 1,531 21.21% 7,217
Bell 47,437 54.79% 38,417 44.37% 723 0.84% 9,020 10.42% 86,577
Bexar 217,600 39.59% 326,946 59.49% 5,024 0.91% 109,346 19.90% 549,570
Blanco 4,181 71.99% 1,570 27.03% 57 0.98% 2,611 44.96% 5,808
Borden 320 93.29% 22 6.41% 1 0.29% 298 86.88% 343
Bosque 5,718 79.92% 1,374 19.20% 63 0.88% 4,344 60.71% 7,155
Bowie 20,157 71.17% 7,982 28.18% 182 0.64% 12,175 42.99% 28,321
Brazoria 65,693 58.78% 45,228 40.47% 832 0.74% 20,465 18.31% 111,753
Brazos 35,971 55.78% 27,876 43.23% 640 0.99% 8,095 12.55% 64,487
Brewster 1,879 45.99% 2,147 52.55% 60 1.47% 268 6.56% 4,086
Briscoe 553 88.62% 69 11.06% 2 0.32% 484 77.56% 624
Brooks 543 28.24% 1,376 71.55% 4 0.21% 833 43.32% 1,923
Brown 10,391 85.65% 1,670 13.77% 71 0.59% 8,721 71.88% 12,132
Burleson 5,079 77.54% 1,426 21.77% 45 0.69% 3,653 55.77% 6,550
Burnet 13,859 74.95% 4,444 24.03% 187 1.01% 9,415 50.92% 18,490
Caldwell 6,147 53.54% 5,227 45.53% 107 0.93% 920 8.01% 11,481
Calhoun 4,198 68.61% 1,874 30.63% 47 0.77% 2,324 37.98% 6,119
Callahan 4,373 87.06% 610 12.14% 40 0.80% 3,763 74.92% 5,023
Cameron 28,574 36.67% 48,770 62.60% 568 0.73% 20,196 25.92% 77,912
Camp 2,749 70.63% 1,119 28.75% 24 0.62% 1,630 41.88% 3,892
Carson 2,192 89.14% 245 9.96% 22 0.89% 1,947 79.18% 2,459
Cass 8,148 79.75% 2,024 19.81% 45 0.44% 6,124 59.94% 10,217
Castro 1,219 75.11% 394 24.28% 10 0.62% 825 50.83% 1,623
Chambers 12,146 80.01% 2,926 19.27% 109 0.72% 9,220 60.73% 15,181
Cherokee 11,631 77.85% 3,207 21.46% 103 0.69% 8,424 56.38% 14,941
Childress 1,526 86.21% 236 13.33% 8 0.45% 1,290 72.88% 1,770
Clay 3,710 86.52% 547 12.76% 31 0.72% 3,163 73.76% 4,288
Cochran 541 78.86% 140 20.41% 5 0.73% 401 58.45% 686
Coke 1,150 88.67% 137 10.56% 10 0.77% 1,013 78.10% 1,297
Coleman 2,759 88.26% 351 11.23% 16 0.51% 2,408 77.03% 3,126
Collin 187,245 52.63% 165,614 46.55% 2,927 0.82% 21,631 6.08% 355,786
Collingsworth 810 87.28% 113 12.18% 5 0.54% 697 75.11% 928
Colorado 5,779 75.67% 1,825 23.90% 33 0.43% 3,954 51.77% 7,637
Comal 44,079 71.68% 16,830 27.37% 586 0.95% 27,249 44.31% 61,495
Comanche 3,799 82.41% 781 16.94% 30 0.65% 3,018 65.47% 4,610
Concho 803 81.94% 163 16.63% 14 1.43% 640 65.31% 980
Cooke 11,879 81.70% 2,550 17.54% 111 0.76% 9,329 64.16% 14,540
Coryell 10,626 66.99% 5,067 31.94% 170 1.07% 5,559 35.04% 15,863
Cottle 458 82.23% 97 17.41% 2 0.36% 361 64.81% 557
Crane 836 79.24% 213 20.19% 6 0.57% 623 59.05% 1,055
Crockett 928 72.73% 340 26.65% 8 0.63% 588 46.08% 1,276
Crosby 978 68.78% 437 30.73% 7 0.49% 541 38.05% 1,422
Culberson 297 35.91% 521 63.00% 9 1.09% 224 27.09% 827
Dallam 970 87.00% 139 12.47% 6 0.54% 831 74.53% 1,115
Dallas 241,124 33.13% 481,395 66.14% 5,368 0.74% 240,271 33.01% 727,887
Dawson 2,192 72.70% 811 26.90% 12 0.40% 1,381 45.80% 3,015
Deaf Smith 2,680 70.99% 1,067 28.26% 28 0.74% 1,613 42.73% 3,775
Delta 1,562 80.85% 354 18.32% 16 0.83% 1,208 62.53% 1,932
Denton 158,744 53.67% 134,649 45.52% 2,409 0.81% 24,095 8.15% 295,802
Dewitt 4,974 81.13% 1,128 18.40% 29 0.47% 3,846 62.73% 6,131
Dickens 635 84.22% 113 14.99% 6 0.80% 522 69.23% 754
Dimmit 840 29.03% 2,042 70.56% 12 0.41% 1,202 41.53% 2,894
Donley 1,110 86.79% 161 12.59% 8 0.63% 949 74.20% 1,279
Duval 1,330 32.34% 2,765 67.23% 18 0.44% 1,435 34.89% 4,113
Eastland 5,377 86.66% 800 12.89% 28 0.45% 4,577 73.76% 6,205
Ector 20,996 68.90% 9,230 30.29% 248 0.81% 11,766 38.61% 30,474
Edwards 604 79.79% 145 19.15% 8 1.06% 459 60.63% 757
Ellis 41,022 67.71% 19,106 31.53% 461 0.76% 21,916 36.17% 60,589
El Paso 50,943 25.02% 151,482 74.40% 1,189 0.58% 100,539 49.38% 203,614
Erath 10,055 79.64% 2,486 19.69% 84 0.66% 7,569 59.95% 12,625
Falls 3,215 68.70% 1,445 30.88% 20 0.43% 1,770 37.82% 4,680
Fannin 8,569 79.71% 2,107 19.60% 74 0.69% 6,462 60.11% 10,750
Fayette 8,228 78.52% 2,198 20.98% 53 0.51% 6,030 57.54% 10,479
Fisher 1,139 76.24% 340 22.76% 15 1.00% 799 53.48% 1,494
Floyd 1,394 74.19% 476 25.33% 9 0.48% 918 48.86% 1,879
Foard 321 73.79% 113 25.98% 1 0.23% 208 47.82% 435
Fort Bend 111,423 43.62% 142,399 55.75% 1,616 0.63% 30,976 12.13% 255,438
Franklin 3,300 83.04% 639 16.08% 35 0.88% 2,661 66.96% 3,974
Freestone 5,243 79.90% 1,279 19.49% 40 0.61% 3,964 60.41% 6,562
Frio 1,636 44.46% 2,016 54.78% 28 0.76% 380 10.33% 3,680
Gaines 3,317 86.18% 513 13.33% 19 0.49% 2,804 72.85% 3,849
Galveston 67,641 59.53% 45,065 39.66% 916 0.81% 22,576 19.87% 113,622
Garza 1,068 82.98% 203 15.77% 16 1.24% 865 67.21% 1,287
Gillespie 9,890 78.85% 2,572 20.51% 81 0.65% 7,318 58.34% 12,543
Glasscock 513 92.60% 37 6.68% 4 0.72% 476 85.92% 554
Goliad 2,326 75.72% 717 23.34% 29 0.94% 1,609 52.38% 3,072
Gonzales 4,173 74.19% 1,421 25.26% 31 0.55% 2,752 48.92% 5,625
Gray 5,246 88.90% 615 10.42% 40 0.68% 4,631 78.48% 5,901
Grayson 31,655 73.37% 11,157 25.86% 332 0.77% 20,498 47.51% 43,144
Gregg 24,569 68.37% 11,133 30.98% 234 0.65% 13,436 37.39% 35,936
Grimes 6,499 75.51% 2,037 23.67% 71 0.82% 4,462 51.84% 8,607
Guadalupe 33,938 62.19% 20,079 36.79% 554 1.02% 13,859 25.40% 54,571
Hale 5,360 72.51% 1,970 26.65% 62 0.84% 3,390 45.86% 7,392
Hall 807 83.11% 161 16.58% 3 0.31% 646 66.53% 971
Hamilton 2,795 83.93% 507 15.23% 28 0.84% 2,288 68.71% 3,330
Hansford 1,552 90.76% 138 8.07% 20 1.17% 1,414 82.69% 1,710
Hardeman 973 83.73% 185 15.92% 4 0.34% 788 67.81% 1,162
Hardin 17,391 86.53% 2,636 13.12% 71 0.35% 14,755 73.42% 20,098
Harris 498,902 41.31% 700,200 57.98% 8,652 0.72% 201,298 16.67% 1,207,754
Harrison 16,226 71.82% 6,245 27.64% 122 0.54% 9,981 44.18% 22,593
Hartley 1,467 90.33% 153 9.42% 4 0.25% 1,314 80.91% 1,624
Haskell 1,362 81.36% 302 18.04% 10 0.60% 1,060 63.32% 1,674
Hays 33,308 41.77% 45,584 57.16% 854 1.07% 12,276 15.39% 79,746
Hemphill 1,209 87.93% 157 11.42% 9 0.65% 1,052 76.51% 1,375
Henderson 20,891 78.80% 5,415 20.43% 205 0.77% 15,476 58.38% 26,511
Hidalgo 46,505 30.64% 104,416 68.81% 834 0.55% 57,911 38.16% 151,755
Hill 8,927 78.08% 2,443 21.37% 63 0.55% 6,484 56.71% 11,433
Hockley 4,844 79.49% 1,211 19.87% 39 0.64% 3,633 59.62% 6,094
Hood 20,090 80.34% 4,720 18.88% 195 0.78% 15,370 61.47% 25,005
Hopkins 9,306 78.07% 2,545 21.35% 69 0.58% 6,761 56.72% 11,920
Houston 5,552 75.43% 1,772 24.08% 36 0.49% 3,780 51.36% 7,360
Howard 5,651 76.32% 1,693 22.87% 60 0.81% 3,958 53.46% 7,404
Hudspeth 509 54.56% 407 43.62% 17 1.82% 102 10.93% 933
Hunt 21,115 74.12% 7,151 25.10% 222 0.78% 13,964 49.02% 28,488
Hutchinson 5,854 88.14% 753 11.34% 35 0.53% 5,101 76.80% 6,642
Irion 636 86.18% 96 13.01% 6 0.81% 540 73.17% 738
Jack 2,498 88.80% 296 10.52% 19 0.68% 2,202 78.28% 2,813
Jackson 3,991 82.46% 832 17.19% 17 0.35% 3,159 65.27% 4,840
Jasper 9,504 80.32% 2,282 19.29% 47 0.40% 7,222 61.03% 11,833
Jeff Davis 683 58.03% 466 39.59% 28 2.38% 217 18.44% 1,177
Jefferson 36,731 49.48% 37,128 50.01% 380 0.51% 397 0.53% 74,239
Jim Hogg 410 27.74% 1,060 71.72% 8 0.54% 650 43.98% 1,478
Jim Wells 4,520 45.66% 5,331 53.85% 49 0.49% 811 8.19% 9,900
Johnson 39,571 75.47% 12,411 23.67% 454 0.87% 27,160 51.80% 52,436
Jones 4,115 82.56% 832 16.69% 37 0.74% 3,283 65.87% 4,984
Karnes 2,900 70.12% 1,203 29.09% 33 0.80% 1,697 41.03% 4,136
Kaufman 26,118 68.07% 12,002 31.28% 252 0.66% 14,116 36.79% 38,372
Kendall 15,292 77.25% 4,340 21.92% 164 0.83% 10,952 55.32% 19,796
Kenedy 100 55.56% 77 42.78% 3 1.67% 23 12.78% 180
Kent 288 85.46% 44 13.06% 5 1.48% 244 72.40% 337
Kerr 16,822 75.76% 5,198 23.41% 185 0.83% 11,624 52.35% 22,205
Kimble 1,495 87.73% 195 11.44% 14 0.82% 1,300 76.29% 1,704
King 124 94.66% 6 4.58% 1 0.76% 118 90.08% 131
Kinney 827 68.97% 358 29.86% 14 1.17% 469 39.12% 1,199
Kleberg 4,081 47.48% 4,456 51.84% 59 0.69% 375 4.36% 8,596
Knox 855 78.23% 229 20.95% 9 0.82% 626 57.27% 1,093
Lamar 12,711 76.72% 3,731 22.52% 126 0.76% 8,980 54.20% 16,568
Lamb 2,741 79.29% 699 20.22% 17 0.49% 2,042 59.07% 3,457
Lampasas 5,836 78.13% 1,569 21.00% 65 0.87% 4,267 57.12% 7,470
La Salle 673 45.20% 813 54.60% 3 0.20% 140 9.40% 1,489
Lavaca 6,688 86.44% 1,019 13.17% 30 0.39% 5,669 73.27% 7,737
Lee 4,487 76.74% 1,322 22.61% 38 0.65% 3,165 54.13% 5,847
Leon 5,711 86.67% 855 12.98% 23 0.35% 4,856 73.70% 6,589
Liberty 16,041 77.96% 4,421 21.49% 114 0.55% 11,620 56.47% 20,576
Limestone 5,211 75.35% 1,672 24.18% 33 0.48% 3,539 51.17% 6,916
Lipscomb 942 88.28% 116 10.87% 9 0.84% 826 77.41% 1,067
Live Oak 3,029 82.96% 601 16.46% 21 0.58% 2,428 66.50% 3,651
Llano 7,954 78.33% 2,124 20.92% 76 0.75% 5,830 57.42% 10,154
Loving 47 87.04% 6 11.11% 1 1.85% 41 75.93% 54
Lubbock 58,780 64.19% 32,068 35.02% 731 0.80% 26,712 29.17% 91,579
Lynn 1,369 80.67% 323 19.03% 5 0.29% 1,046 61.64% 1,697
McCulloch 2,245 84.05% 400 14.98% 26 0.97% 1,845 69.08% 2,671
Mclennan 45,855 61.24% 28,452 38.00% 568 0.76% 17,403 23.24% 74,875
McMullen 387 90.00% 41 9.53% 2 0.47% 346 80.47% 430
Madison 3,033 79.17% 780 20.36% 18 0.47% 2,253 58.81% 3,831
Marion 2,448 70.00% 1,018 29.11% 31 0.89% 1,430 40.89% 3,497
Martin 1,297 83.46% 243 15.64% 14 0.90% 1,054 67.82% 1,554
Mason 1,560 79.31% 402 20.44% 5 0.25% 1,158 58.87% 1,967
Matagorda 7,330 70.10% 3,049 29.16% 78 0.75% 4,281 40.94% 10,457
Maverick 2,951 27.38% 7,727 71.71% 98 0.91% 4,776 44.32% 10,776
Medina 11,444 70.73% 4,621 28.56% 114 0.70% 6,823 42.17% 16,179
Menard 632 80.72% 145 18.52% 6 0.77% 487 62.20% 783
Midland 32,867 78.34% 8,723 20.79% 365 0.87% 24,144 57.55% 41,955
Milam 5,922 74.15% 1,997 25.00% 68 0.85% 3,925 49.14% 7,987
Mills 1,764 88.02% 229 11.43% 11 0.55% 1,535 76.60% 2,004
Mitchell 1,585 82.85% 323 16.88% 5 0.26% 1,262 65.97% 1,913
Montague 6,424 86.57% 941 12.68% 56 0.75% 5,483 73.88% 7,421
Montgomery 137,395 72.28% 51,268 26.97% 1,433 0.75% 86,127 45.31% 190,096
Moore 3,248 80.00% 787 19.38% 25 0.62% 2,461 60.62% 4,060
Morris 2,953 69.74% 1,260 29.76% 21 0.50% 1,693 39.99% 4,234
Motley 483 91.65% 40 7.59% 4 0.76% 443 84.06% 527
Nacogdoches 13,775 63.68% 7,732 35.74% 126 0.58% 6,043 27.93% 21,633
Navarro 10,391 72.08% 3,918 27.18% 107 0.74% 6,473 44.90% 14,416
Newton 3,660 78.27% 993 21.24% 23 0.49% 2,667 57.04% 4,676
Nolan 3,120 76.58% 928 22.78% 26 0.64% 2,192 53.80% 4,074
Nueces 45,956 48.85% 47,392 50.38% 719 0.76% 1,436 1.53% 94,067
Ochiltree 2,160 89.44% 230 9.52% 25 1.04% 1,930 79.92% 2,415
Oldham 732 89.71% 82 10.05% 2 0.25% 650 79.66% 816
Orange 21,164 80.37% 5,050 19.18% 118 0.45% 16,114 61.20% 26,332
Palo Pinto 7,547 80.03% 1,837 19.48% 46 0.49% 5,710 60.55% 9,430
Panola 7,120 81.38% 1,598 18.26% 31 0.35% 5,522 63.12% 8,749
Parker 44,071 80.87% 9,956 18.27% 468 0.86% 34,115 62.60% 54,495
Parmer 1,675 81.43% 372 18.08% 10 0.49% 1,303 63.34% 2,057
Pecos 2,161 61.39% 1,339 38.04% 20 0.57% 822 23.35% 3,520
Polk 12,794 76.38% 3,850 22.99% 106 0.63% 8,944 53.40% 16,750
Potter 16,689 68.33% 7,521 30.79% 214 0.88% 9,168 37.54% 24,424
Presidio 436 26.15% 1,221 73.25% 10 0.60% 785 47.09% 1,667
Rains 3,702 84.02% 681 15.46% 23 0.52% 3,021 68.57% 4,406
Randall 38,479 79.41% 9,613 19.84% 363 0.75% 28,866 59.57% 48,455
Reagan 692 82.97% 136 16.31% 6 0.72% 556 66.67% 834
Real 1,311 83.82% 245 15.66% 8 0.51% 1,066 68.16% 1,564
Red River 3,427 77.57% 973 22.02% 18 0.41% 2,454 55.55% 4,418
Reeves 1,128 47.04% 1,255 52.34% 15 0.63% 127 5.30% 2,398
Refugio 1,636 65.65% 847 33.99% 9 0.36% 789 31.66% 2,492
Roberts 441 95.87% 19 4.13% 0 0.00% 422 91.74% 460
Robertson 4,295 68.52% 1,942 30.98% 31 0.49% 2,353 37.54% 6,268
Rockwall 26,615 68.77% 11,754 30.37% 330 0.85% 14,861 38.40% 38,699
Runnels 2,842 87.88% 385 11.90% 7 0.22% 2,457 75.97% 3,234
Rusk 12,597 77.37% 3,609 22.17% 76 0.47% 8,988 55.20% 16,282
Sabine 3,456 87.12% 496 12.50% 15 0.38% 2,960 74.62% 3,967
San Augustine 2,266 75.13% 734 24.34% 16 0.53% 1,532 50.80% 3,016
San Jacinto 7,499 80.30% 1,785 19.11% 55 0.59% 5,714 61.18% 9,339
San Patricio 11,335 62.22% 6,777 37.20% 107 0.59% 4,558 25.02% 18,219
San Saba 1,811 87.53% 247 11.94% 11 0.53% 1,564 75.59% 2,069
Schleicher 735 77.21% 209 21.95% 8 0.84% 526 55.25% 952
Scurry 3,705 84.92% 642 14.71% 16 0.37% 3,063 70.20% 4,363
Shackelford 1,174 91.65% 103 8.04% 4 0.31% 1,071 83.61% 1,281
Shelby 6,008 79.46% 1,521 20.12% 32 0.42% 4,487 59.34% 7,561
Sherman 692 84.18% 87 10.58% 43 5.23% 605 73.60% 822
Smith 53,760 69.46% 23,182 29.95% 458 0.59% 30,578 39.51% 77,400
Somervell 3,033 82.17% 633 17.15% 25 0.68% 2,400 65.02% 3,691
Starr 2,443 22.65% 8,273 76.72% 68 0.63% 5,830 54.06% 10,784
Stephens 2,631 88.65% 324 10.92% 13 0.44% 2,307 77.73% 2,968
Sterling 442 90.95% 44 9.05% 0 0.00% 398 81.89% 486
Stonewall 497 80.94% 112 18.24% 5 0.81% 385 62.70% 614
Sutton 934 77.45% 265 21.97% 7 0.58% 669 55.47% 1,206
Swisher 1,461 77.10% 420 22.16% 14 0.74% 1,041 54.93% 1,895
Tarrant 309,189 49.24% 313,497 49.93% 5,208 0.83% 4,308 0.69% 627,894
Taylor 29,811 73.32% 10,489 25.80% 357 0.88% 19,322 47.52% 40,657
Terrell 323 69.16% 139 29.76% 5 1.07% 184 39.40% 467
Terry 2,169 77.11% 629 22.36% 15 0.53% 1,540 54.75% 2,813
Throckmorton 617 87.77% 77 10.95% 9 1.28% 540 76.81% 703
Titus 5,685 71.02% 2,265 28.29% 55 0.69% 3,420 42.72% 8,005
Tom Green 24,648 71.18% 9,690 27.98% 292 0.84% 14,958 43.19% 34,630
Travis 119,278 24.63% 359,772 74.30% 5,154 1.06% 240,494 49.67% 484,204
Trinity 4,146 80.12% 998 19.29% 31 0.60% 3,148 60.83% 5,175
Tyler 5,919 82.91% 1,185 16.60% 35 0.49% 4,734 66.31% 7,139
Upshur 11,529 82.44% 2,364 16.91% 91 0.65% 9,165 65.54% 13,984
Upton 854 82.83% 169 16.39% 8 0.78% 685 66.44% 1,031
Uvalde 4,348 54.80% 3,528 44.46% 59 0.74% 820 10.33% 7,935
Val Verde 5,345 46.87% 5,955 52.21% 105 0.92% 610 5.35% 11,405
Van Zandt 15,182 84.66% 2,634 14.69% 116 0.65% 12,548 69.98% 17,932
Victoria 19,005 69.85% 8,046 29.57% 157 0.58% 10,959 40.28% 27,208
Walker 11,535 64.61% 6,186 34.65% 132 0.74% 5,349 29.96% 17,853
Waller 10,167 61.24% 6,335 38.16% 101 0.61% 3,832 23.08% 16,603
Ward 2,096 71.78% 800 27.40% 24 0.82% 1,296 44.38% 2,920
Washington 10,134 75.11% 3,263 24.18% 95 0.70% 6,871 50.93% 13,492
Webb 13,814 27.97% 35,159 71.20% 408 0.83% 21,345 43.23% 49,381
Wharton 9,094 70.27% 3,793 29.31% 55 0.42% 5,301 40.96% 12,942
Wheeler 1,679 92.76% 125 6.91% 6 0.33% 1,554 85.86% 1,810
Wichita 23,648 69.72% 9,971 29.40% 299 0.88% 13,677 40.32% 33,918
Wilbarger 2,639 76.74% 776 22.56% 24 0.70% 1,863 54.17% 3,439
Willacy 1,527 35.31% 2,773 64.12% 25 0.58% 1,246 28.81% 4,325
Williamson 99,857 47.96% 105,850 50.84% 2,514 1.21% 5,993 2.88% 208,221
Wilson 13,025 73.51% 4,567 25.77% 127 0.72% 8,458 47.73% 17,719
Winkler 1,123 77.18% 321 22.06% 11 0.76% 802 55.12% 1,455
Wise 19,023 82.29% 3,915 16.94% 179 0.77% 15,108 65.35% 23,117
Wood 13,987 83.55% 2,635 15.74% 118 0.70% 11,352 67.81% 16,740
Yoakum 1,558 81.87% 335 17.60% 10 0.53% 1,223 64.27% 1,903
Young 5,543 86.54% 821 12.82% 41 0.64% 4,722 73.72% 6,405
Zapata 821 36.93% 1,392 62.62% 10 0.45% 571 25.69% 2,223
Zavala 589 20.19% 2,313 79.29% 15 0.51% 1,724 59.10% 2,917
Total 4,351,421 51.43% 4,044,631 47.80% 65,470 0.77% 306,790 3.63% 8,461,522
Cruz
Republican 		O'Rourke
Democratic 		Dikeman
Libertarian 		Margin Total
votes
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district edit

Cruz won 20 of 36 congressional districts; O'Rourke won the other 16, including three held by Republicans.[204]

District Cruz O'Rourke Representative
1st 71% 28% Louie Gohmert
2nd 50% 49% Ted Poe
Dan Crenshaw
3rd 51% 48% Sam Johnson
Van Taylor
4th 74% 25% John Ratcliffe
5th 60% 39% Jeb Hensarling
Lance Gooden
6th 51% 48% Joe Barton
Ron Wright
7th 46% 53% John Culberson
Lizzie Fletcher
8th 71% 28% Kevin Brady
9th 19% 80% Al Green
10th 49.4% 49.6% Michael McCaul
11th 78% 21% Mike Conaway
12th 60% 39% Kay Granger
13th 79% 20% Mac Thornberry
14th 58% 41% Randy Weber
15th 42% 57% Vicente Gonzalez
16th 26% 73% Beto O'Rourke
Veronica Escobar
17th 54% 45% Bill Flores
18th 20% 79% Sheila Jackson Lee
19th 71% 28% Jodey Arrington
20th 33% 66% Joaquín Castro
21st 49.6% 49.5% Lamar Smith
Chip Roy
22nd 49.9% 49.3% Pete Olson
23rd 47% 52% Will Hurd
24th 48% 51% Kenny Marchant
25th 52% 47% Roger Williams
26th 57% 42% Michael Burgess
27th 60% 39% Michael Cloud
28th 40% 59% Henry Cuellar
29th 25% 74% Gene Green
Sylvia Garcia
30th 18% 82% Eddie Bernice Johnson
31st 50% 48% John Carter
32nd 44% 55% Pete Sessions
Colin Allred
33rd 22% 77% Marc Veasey
34th 42% 58% Filemon Vela Jr.
35th 27% 72% Lloyd Doggett
36th 71% 28% Brian Babin

Notes edit

  1. ^ Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
  2. ^ Not yet released

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For related races see 2018 United States Senate elections The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6 2018 along with other elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives in additional states Incumbent Republican U S Senator Ted Cruz won re election to a second term defeating Democratic candidate Beto O Rourke The primary for all parties was held on March 6 2018 making it the first primary of the 2018 season 2 As Cruz and O Rourke both won majorities in their primaries they did not participate in the May 22 runoff primary that was held for some nominations in Texas 3 2018 United States Senate election in Texas 2012 November 6 2018 2024 Turnout53 01 of registered voters 42 07 of voting age population 1 Nominee Ted Cruz Beto O RourkeParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 4 260 553 4 045 632Percentage 50 89 48 33 County resultsCongressional district resultsCruz 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 O Rourke 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 No dataU S senator before electionTed CruzRepublican Elected U S Senator Ted CruzRepublicanNo Democrat has won a general election for statewide office in Texas since Bob Bullock was reelected as lieutenant governor in 1994 with election forecasters declaring it a safe Republican seat at the beginning of the 2018 cycle 4 However O Rourke gradually closed the gap 5 and leading up to the election the race was considered unexpectedly competitive 6 On Election Day Cruz defeated O Rourke 7 by a margin just short of 215 000 votes or 2 6 percent the race was the closest U S Senate race in Texas since 1978 8 Contents 1 Background 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 1 1 Nominee 2 1 2 Eliminated in primary 2 1 3 Failed to qualify 2 1 4 Withdrew 2 1 5 Declined 2 2 Endorsements 2 3 Polling 2 4 Results 3 Democratic primary 3 1 Candidates 3 1 1 Nominee 3 1 2 Eliminated in primary 3 1 3 Declined 3 2 Endorsements 3 3 Polling 3 4 Results 4 Libertarian nomination 4 1 Candidates 4 1 1 Nominated 5 Independents 5 1 Candidates 5 1 1 Declared 5 1 2 Declined 5 1 3 Notes 6 General election 6 1 Predictions 6 2 Debates 6 3 Endorsements 6 4 Fundraising 6 5 Polling 7 Results 7 1 By county 7 2 By congressional district 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksBackground editMain article Politics of Texas In 2012 after a stunning upset victory in the Republican primary then Solicitor General of Texas Ted Cruz defeated former member of the Texas House of Representatives Paul Sadler by a 16 point margin 56 40 Texas has not elected a Democratic senator since 1988 As conservatives began turning to the Republican Party in once strongly Democratic areas Democratic voters in the state were largely based in the majority Hispanic communities in Southern Texas and in populous metropolitan cities such as Houston Austin San Antonio and Dallas as well as the heavily Hispanic city of El Paso on the state s western tip which O Rourke represented in the U S House Since 1990 Texas has voted for Republican statewide candidates in all elections whether it be presidential gubernatorial or senatorial often by large margins In 1998 Governor George W Bush won re election by 37 points over his Democratic challenger Garry Mauro In 2000 Governor Bush won Texas by 21 points over Vice President Al Gore In 2004 President Bush won Texas over Senator John Kerry by 23 points winning rural areas by landslide margins capturing urban zones and coming very close to winning the Latino vote 49 to Kerry s 50 Democrat Barack Obama was defeated by margins of 12 points in 2008 against John McCain and 16 points in 2012 against Mitt Romney respectively However in 2016 Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by only a 9 point margin demonstrating a possible shift away from the Safe Republican status it had held for over a decade This has led Democrats to begin targeting Texas as a potential future swing state It should also be noted that Ted Cruz defeated Donald Trump in the Texas Republican primary for U S President in 2016 As of June 2018 Senator Cruz held a 49 44 approval rating among Texans in a state Donald Trump won by 9 points against Hillary Clinton in 2016 Among groups that tend to affiliate themselves more with the Democratic Party Senator Cruz held a 29 approval rating among Hispanics 37 among women and 42 among college educated voters 9 Republican primary editCandidates edit Nominee edit Ted Cruz incumbent U S Senator and former candidate for president in 2016 10 Eliminated in primary edit Bruce Jacobson television producer 11 Mary Miller CPA 12 Geraldine Sam former mayor of La Marque 13 14 Stefano de Stefano attorney 15 Failed to qualify edit Thomas Dillingham businessman 16 Withdrew edit Dan McQueen former mayor of Corpus Christi 17 18 Declined edit George P Bush Texas Land Commissioner running for re election 19 20 Michael McCaul U S Representative 21 22 15 Dan Patrick Lieutenant Governor of Texas running for re election 23 24 Rick Perry Secretary of Energy former Governor of Texas and candidate for president in 2012 and 2016 25 Katrina Pierson national spokesperson for the Donald Trump s presidential campaign in 2016 and candidate for House district TX 32 in 2014 24 Endorsements edit Bruce JacobsonIndividualsDan McQueen former Mayor of Corpus Christi 18 Stefano de StefanoMediaThe Bryan College Station Eagle 26 Corpus Christi Caller Times 27 The Dallas Morning News 28 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz Stefanode Stefano BruceJacobson MaryMiller GeraldineSam UndecidedDixie Strategies February 22 23 2018 4 7 73 1 2 2 1 21 University of Texas February 1 12 2018 612 5 3 91 1 3 3 2 Hypothetical pollingPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz MichaelMcCaul Other UndecidedDixie Strategies September 29 October 1 2016 321 3 5 52 12 7 29 Public Policy Polling August 12 14 2016 522 51 19 31 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz George P Bush Other UndecidedDixie Strategies August 8 9 2016 448 40 21 12 27 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz DanPatrick Other UndecidedPublic Policy Polling August 12 14 2016 522 49 27 24 Dixie Strategies August 8 9 2016 448 38 23 15 24 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz RickPerry UndecidedPublic Policy Polling August 12 14 2016 522 37 46 18 Results edit nbsp County results of the Republican primary for Class 1 United States Senate in Texas 2018 Cruz Cruz 90 Cruz 80 90 Cruz 70 80 No votes No votesRepublican primary results 29 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ted Cruz incumbent 1 322 724 85 36 Republican Mary Miller 94 715 6 11 Republican Bruce Jacobson Jr 64 791 4 18 Republican Stefano de Stefano 44 456 2 87 Republican Geraldine Sam 22 887 1 48 Total votes 1 549 573 100 Democratic primary editCandidates edit Nominee edit Beto O Rourke U S Representative 30 31 32 Eliminated in primary edit Sema Hernandez 33 activist and organizer for the Poor People s Campaign baseball coach and small business owner 34 Edward Kimbrough 35 Declined edit Joaquin Castro U S Representative 36 Julian Castro former U S Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Mayor of San Antonio 37 Wendy Davis former state senator and nominee for governor in 2014 38 Endorsements edit Beto O RourkeNewspapersThe Dallas Morning News 39 Houston Chronicle 40 OrganizationsEnd Citizens United 41 Equality Texas 41 Houston GLBT Political Caucus 42 J Street PAC 41 League of Conservation Voters 41 MoveOn org Political Action 41 National Education Association 41 Stonewall Democrats of Dallas 43 Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio 44 Texas AFL CIO 41 Sema HernandezIndividualsLee Camp host of Redacted Tonight 45 Polling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error SemaHernandez EdwardKimbrough BetoO Rourke UndecidedDixie Strategies February 22 23 2018 5 7 6 4 38 53 University of Texas February 1 12 2018 453 7 4 19 8 73 Results edit nbsp County results of the Democratic primary for Class 1 United States Senate in Texas 2018 O Rourke O Rourke gt 90 O Rourke 80 90 O Rourke 70 80 O Rourke 60 70 O Rourke 50 60 O Rourke 40 50 O Rourke lt 40 Kimbrough O Rourke 50 O Rourke Hernandez tie O Rourke Hernandez tie lt 50 O Rourke Kimbrough tie O Rourke Kimbrough tie 50 Hernandez Hernandez gt 90 Hernandez 80 90 Hernandez 70 80 Hernandez 60 70 Hernandez 50 60 Hernandez 40 50 Hernandez lt 40 Kimbrough Kimbrough lt 40 Kimbrough 40 50 Kimbrough 50 60 Kimbrough 60 70 Kimbrough 70 80 Kimbrough 80 90 Kimbrough gt 90 Democratic primary results 46 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Beto O Rourke 644 632 61 81 Democratic Sema Hernandez 247 424 23 72 Democratic Edward Kimbrough 150 858 14 47 Total votes 1 042 914 100 Libertarian nomination editCandidates edit Nominated edit Neal Dikeman businessman 47 48 Independents editCandidates edit Declared edit Carl Bible nurse 49 Jonathan Jenkins tech entrepreneur 50 51 Bob McNeil businessman 52 American Citizen Party a Declined edit Matthew Dowd former strategist for President George W Bush 54 55 Notes edit American Citizen Party does not have ballot access Appears on ballot as Independent 53 General election editPredictions edit Source Ranking As ofThe Cook Political Report 56 Tossup October 26 2018Inside Elections 57 Likely R November 1 2018Sabato s Crystal Ball 58 Lean R November 5 2018CNN 59 Lean R October 5 2018RealClearPolitics 60 Lean R November 5 2018Daily Kos 61 Lean R October 5 2018Fox News 62 a Lean R October 30 2018Notes The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe Solid races Debates edit Complete video of debate September 21 2018 Complete video of debate October 16 2018Endorsements edit Ted Cruz R U S Executive Branch officialsMike Pence 48th Vice President of the United States 63 Donald Trump 45th President of the United States 64 65 U S SenatorsJohn Cornyn U S Senate Majority Whip TX 66 Dan Sullivan U S Senator AK U S RepresentativesKevin Brady U S Representative TX 8th District and Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee 67 Bill Flores U S Representative TX 17th District 68 State officialsGreg Abbott Governor of Texas 69 George P Bush Land Commissioner of Texas 70 Wayne Christian Texas Railroad Commissioner 71 Ryan Sitton Texas Railroad Commissioner 72 Texas State SenatorsKonni Burton State Senator 10th District 73 Charles Perry State Senator 28th District 74 Texas State RepresentativesCecil Bell Jr State Representative 3rd District 75 Jeff Leach State Representative 67th District 76 Matt Rinaldi State Representative 115th District 77 Jonathan Stickland State Representative 92nd District 78 Valoree Swanson State Representative 150th District Local officeholdersTracy Murphree Sheriff of Denton County since 2017 and former Texas Ranger 79 IndividualsDiamond and Silk social media personalities and political activists 80 Joe Gamaldi president of the Houston Police Officers Union HPOU 81 Sean Hannity conservative talk radio host and television host of Hannity on Fox News 82 Ray Hunt past HPOU president 81 Laura Ingraham television and radio talk show host 83 Mark Levin radio personality and author 84 Donald Trump Jr Executive Director of The Trump Organization and eldest child of President Donald Trump 85 James Woods actor 86 Labor unionsSan Antonio Police Officers Association 87 OrganizationsCampaign for Working Families 88 Citizens Against Government Waste 89 Club for Growth 90 Empower Texans 91 NRA Political Victory Fund 92 Senate Conservatives Fund 93 Tea Party Patriots 94 Beto O Rourke D Former U S Executive Branch officialsJohn O Brennan 5th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 2013 2017 95 Julian Castro 16th U S Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 2014 2017 96 U S SenatorsCory Booker U S Senator from New Jersey 97 Catherine Cortez Masto U S Senator from Nevada 98 Dick Durbin U S Senator from Illinois and Senate Minority Whip 99 Kirsten Gillibrand U S Senator from New York 100 Kamala Harris U S Senator from California 101 Maggie Hassan U S Senator from New Hampshire 102 Chris Murphy U S Senator from Connecticut 103 Patty Murray U S Senator from Washington 104 Chuck Schumer U S Senator from New York and Senate Minority Leader 105 Elizabeth Warren U S Senator from Massachusetts 106 U S RepresentativesJoaquin Castro U S Representative TX 20th District 96 Lloyd Doggett U S Representative TX 35th District 107 Tulsi Gabbard U S Representative HI 2nd District 108 Eddie Bernice Johnson U S Representative TX 30th District 109 Joe Kennedy III U S Representative MA 4th District 110 Ted Lieu U S Representative CA 33rd District 111 Marc Veasey U S Representative TX 33rd District 112 Texas State SenatorsWendy Davis former State Senator D 10th District and 2014 Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas 113 Texas State RepresentativesChris Turner State Representative 101st District and Chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus 114 Local officeholdersLupe Valdez former Sheriff of Dallas County and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas 115 Jenny Wilson Salt Lake County Councilwoman and candidate for U S Senate in Utah in 2018 116 IndividualsJudd Apatow film director 117 Bun B rapper 118 Kevin Bacon actor 119 Leon Bridges singer 120 Connie Britton actress 121 Win Butler musician 122 Scott Campbell executive Director of Elton John AIDS Foundation 123 Jim Carrey actor and comedian 124 Kevin Conroy voice actor 125 Ellen DeGeneres comedian and television host 126 Tate Donovan actor and film director 121 Anthony Fantano music critic video producer journalist and creator of The Needle Drop 127 Jason Flom Chief Executive Officer of Lava Records 128 Arian Foster former NFL running back 129 Vicente Fox 55th President of Mexico 130 Jim Gianopulos chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures 121 Shakey Graves singer 131 Jonathan Groff actor and singer 128 Jake Gyllenhaal actor 132 Chelsea Handler comedian and actress 133 Steve Hely writer 128 John Iadarola host of The Young Turks 134 LeBron James NBA player 135 Rian Johnson film director 121 Kelly Jones ex wife of Alex Jones 136 Ana Kasparian host of The Young Turks 137 Stephen King author 138 Pat Klous actress 121 Beyonce Knowles singer 139 John Leguizamo actor 140 Lawrence Lessig academic attorney and political activist 141 William Li Ralph Lauren Corporation global brand president 123 Eva Longoria actress 142 Phil Lord film director 121 Bill Maher comedian and political commentator 143 Stephanie March actress 123 Craig Mazin screenwriter 144 Alyssa Milano actress and activist 145 David Mixner civil rights activist 123 Willie Nelson singer and activist 146 Thao Nguyen singer songwriter 121 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Democratic nominee for New York s 14th Congressional District 147 Bob Odenkirk actor 121 Rosie O Donnell comedian and actress 148 Richard Painter University of Minnesota Twin Cities law professor former George W Bush White House ethics lawyer and candidate for the U S Senate in Minnesota in 2018 149 David Pakman political commentator 150 Sarah Jessica Parker actress 151 Ron Perlman actor 152 Aubrey Plaza actress 121 Gregg Popovich Head coach of the San Antonio Spurs 153 Alan Rosenberg screen actor 121 Rick Rosenthal film producer 121 Tom Rothman chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group 121 Paul Rudd actor 123 Mark Ruffalo actor 154 Steve Schmidt Republican political strategist campaign manager of John McCain s 2008 presidential campaign 155 Amy Schumer actress 156 Travis Scott rapper 157 Amy Siskind activist and writer 158 Nancy Stephens actress 121 Tara Strong voice actress and activist 159 Michael Urie actor 123 Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks 160 Shea Whigham actor 128 Andrew White businessman son of former Texas Governor Mark White candidate for the 2018 gubernatorial Democratic nomination 161 Labor unionsAmerican Federation of Government Employees 162 National Education Association 163 National Nurses United 164 Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation 165 Texas State AFL CIO 166 Texas State Teachers Association 167 TSAFF Texas State Association of Firefighters United Automobile Workers 168 OrganizationsCouncil for a Livable World 169 170 End Citizens United 171 Equality Texas 172 Feminist Majority Political Action Committee 173 Houston LGBT Political Caucus 174 Human Rights Campaign 175 J Street 176 Jolt Texas 177 League of Conservation Voters Action Fund 178 MoveOn org 179 NARAL Pro Choice America 180 National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws PAC 181 Our Revolution 182 Population Connection 183 Progress Texas 184 Progressive Change Campaign Committee 185 Sierra Club 186 Stonewall Democrats of Dallas 187 Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio 188 NewspapersThe Austin Chronicle 189 Corpus Christi Caller Times 190 Dallas Morning News 191 El Paso Times 192 Fort Worth Star Telegram 193 Houston Chronicle 194 Longview News Journal 195 San Antonio Express News 196 Fundraising edit In the third quarter of 2018 O Rourke raised 38 1 million This amount was the largest quarterly total raised by a U S Senate candidate 197 until Jaime Harrison raised 57 million in the third quarter of 2020 in the South Carolina election 198 Cruz and O Rourke combined to raise a record setting total of 126 million during the 2018 campaign 199 200 Campaign finance reports as of December 31 2018Candidate party Total receipts Total disbursements Cash on handTed Cruz R 45 668 718 45 990 176 157 959Beto O Rourke D 80 344 836 80 458 720 284 816Neal Dikeman L 33 732 33 398 333Source Federal Election Commission 200 Polling edit nbsp Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz R BetoO Rourke D NealDikeman L Other UndecidedTrafalgar Group R November 3 5 2018 2 135 2 1 52 43 1 4 Change Research D Reason to Believe PAC November 1 2 2018 1 211 49 49 1 Emerson College October 28 30 2018 781 3 7 50 47 1 2 Quinnipiac University October 22 28 2018 1 078 3 5 51 46 1 3 University of Texas Tyler October 15 28 2018 905 LV 47 43 4 6 1 033 RV 3 0 47 42 4 8 Dixie Strategies October 25 26 2018 588 4 0 52 42 5 GBA Strategies D End Citizens United October 18 21 2018 1 000 4 0 50 46 2 2 University of Texas YouGov October 15 21 2018 927 3 2 51 45 2 2 Ipsos October 12 18 2018 1 298 3 2 49 44 3 1 Tulchin Research D MoveOn October 10 14 2018 600 4 0 49 45 3 3 CNN SSRS October 9 13 2018 716 LV 4 5 52 45 0 2 862 RV 4 1 50 45 0 3 WPA Intelligence R Club for Growth October 8 13 2018 801 3 5 52 43 1 4 NYT Upshot Siena College October 8 11 2018 800 3 6 51 43 1 5 Quinnipiac University October 3 9 2018 730 4 4 54 45 0 2 YouGov October 2 5 2018 881 50 44 2 4 Emerson College October 1 5 2018 500 4 5 47 42 3 8 Public Policy Polling D Protect Our Care September 19 20 2018 613 4 0 48 45 8 Public Policy Polling D End Citizens United September 19 20 2018 603 4 0 49 46 5 Vox Populi Polling September 16 18 2018 508 4 4 50 50 Quinnipiac University September 11 17 2018 807 4 1 54 45 0 1 Chism Strategies D Reform Austin September 11 12 2018 1 161 3 0 49 45 5 Ipsos September 6 14 2018 992 4 0 45 47 3 5 Crosswind Media amp Public Relations September 6 9 2018 800 4 0 47 44 Dixie Strategies September 6 7 2018 519 4 3 46 42 1 11 Emerson College August 22 25 2018 550 4 4 38 37 4 21 NBC News Marist August 12 16 2018 759 3 8 49 45 1 6 Civiqs a August 8 11 2018 b 47 48 Public Policy Polling D End Citizens United August 1 2 2018 797 3 5 46 42 Quinnipiac University July 26 31 2018 1 118 3 5 49 43 0 6 Texas Lyceum July 9 26 2018 441 LV 4 7 41 39 1 19 806 RV 3 5 36 34 3 24 Gravis Marketing July 3 7 2018 602 4 0 51 42 7 YouGov June 19 22 2018 821 LV 50 40 3 7 1 025 RV 3 6 44 36 3 13 University of Texas YouGov June 8 17 2018 1 200 2 8 41 36 2 3 17 GQR Research D End Citizens United May 29 June 5 2018 1 000 3 1 49 43 8 Quinnipiac University May 23 29 2018 961 3 8 50 39 0 9 Baselice amp Associates R TLRPAC May 21 28 2018 601 4 1 48 36 3 1 11 Public Policy Polling D Giffords May 21 22 2018 861 3 3 48 42 10 JMC Analytics R Red Metrics Group May 19 21 2018 575 4 1 47 40 6 201 7 Quinnipiac University April 12 17 2018 1 029 3 6 47 44 1 8 Public Policy Polling D End Citizens United January 17 18 2018 757 3 6 45 37 18 WPA Intelligence R Cruz December 12 14 2017 600 4 0 52 34 1 13 Texas Lyceum April 3 9 2017 1 000 3 1 30 30 3 37 Hypothetical pollingPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz R JoaquinCastro D Other UndecidedTexas Lyceum April 3 9 2017 1 000 3 1 31 35 3 31 Public Policy Polling August 12 14 2016 944 3 2 48 36 16 Dixie Strategies August 8 9 2016 1 018 3 1 32 31 14 23 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error TedCruz R WendyDavis D UndecidedPublic Policy Polling August 12 14 2016 944 3 2 49 37 14 Results editOn November 6 2018 Ted Cruz defeated Beto O Rourke However O Rourke gave Democrats their best performance in a Texas statewide election since Ann Richards was elected governor in 1990 202 In addition O Rourke flipped several counties in Texas that Donald Trump carried in 2016 including Williamson includes Round Rock and Georgetown historically conservative Tarrant includes Fort Worth and suburbs within the DFW metroplex Jefferson includes Beaumont and Port Arthur Nueces includes Corpus Christi sparsely populated Brewster includes Big Bend National Park and Hays includes San Marcos Cruz only flipped one county that voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 sparsely populated Kenedy coastal region south of Corpus Christi United States Senate election in Texas 2018 203 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ted Cruz incumbent 4 260 553 50 89 5 57 Democratic Beto O Rourke 4 045 632 48 33 7 71 Libertarian Neal Dikeman 65 470 0 78 1 28 Total votes 8 371 655 100 N ARepublican holdBy county edit Legend Counties won by CruzCounties won by O Rourke2018 U S Senate election results by Texas county County CruzRepublican O RourkeDemocratic DikemanLibertarian Margin TotalvotesVotes Votes Votes Votes Anderson 11 335 76 92 3 307 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12 82 41 0 64 4 722 73 72 6 405Zapata 821 36 93 1 392 62 62 10 0 45 571 25 69 2 223Zavala 589 20 19 2 313 79 29 15 0 51 1 724 59 10 2 917Total 4 351 421 51 43 4 044 631 47 80 65 470 0 77 306 790 3 63 8 461 522CruzRepublican O RourkeDemocratic DikemanLibertarian Margin Totalvotes Counties that flipped from Republican to DemocraticBrewster largest municipality Alpine Fort Bend largest municipality Sugar Land Harris largest municipality Houston Hays largest municipality San Marcos Nueces largest municipality Corpus Christi Tarrant largest municipality Fort Worth Williamson largest municipality Round Rock By congressional district edit Cruz won 20 of 36 congressional districts O Rourke won the other 16 including three held by Republicans 204 District Cruz O Rourke Representative1st 71 28 Louie Gohmert2nd 50 49 Ted PoeDan Crenshaw3rd 51 48 Sam JohnsonVan Taylor4th 74 25 John Ratcliffe5th 60 39 Jeb HensarlingLance Gooden6th 51 48 Joe BartonRon Wright7th 46 53 John CulbersonLizzie Fletcher8th 71 28 Kevin Brady9th 19 80 Al Green10th 49 4 49 6 Michael McCaul11th 78 21 Mike Conaway12th 60 39 Kay Granger13th 79 20 Mac Thornberry14th 58 41 Randy Weber15th 42 57 Vicente Gonzalez16th 26 73 Beto O RourkeVeronica Escobar17th 54 45 Bill Flores18th 20 79 Sheila Jackson Lee19th 71 28 Jodey Arrington20th 33 66 Joaquin Castro21st 49 6 49 5 Lamar SmithChip Roy22nd 49 9 49 3 Pete Olson23rd 47 52 Will Hurd24th 48 51 Kenny Marchant25th 52 47 Roger Williams26th 57 42 Michael Burgess27th 60 39 Michael Cloud28th 40 59 Henry Cuellar29th 25 74 Gene GreenSylvia Garcia30th 18 82 Eddie Bernice Johnson31st 50 48 John Carter32nd 44 55 Pete SessionsColin Allred33rd 22 77 Marc Veasey34th 42 58 Filemon Vela Jr 35th 27 72 Lloyd Doggett36th 71 28 Brian BabinNotes edit Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight Not yet releasedReferences edit Turnout and Voter Registration Figures 1970 current Texas 2018 General Election The Green Papers Retrieved December 10 2017 Legislatures National Conference of State 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today https secure tedcruz org yard sign Tweet via Twitter Governor Abbott Endorses Ted Cruz for U S Senate Greg Abbott March 30 2017 George P Bush Senator TedCruz was the clear winner tonight Looking forward to a GOP victory in November Twitter ChristianForTX October 17 2018 Robert Beto O Rourke supports socialized medicine tedcruz supports the free market more options and allowing consumers to purchase affordable insurance across state lines ChooseCruz txsen Tweet via Twitter Ryan Sitton Texas has a choice to make and I ChooseCruz because tedcruz has Texas booming while betoorourke will take our state backwards WATCH and RETWEET KeepTexasRed TexasDebate Twitter KonniBurton June 18 2018 CruzCrew Tweet via Twitter Sen Charles Perry Sen Ted Cruz came to Lubbock after winning his debate for a campaign rally There was a huge crowd and I had the honor of introducing him I cannot imagine having the far left Robert Francis Beto O Rourke representing West Texas in Washington We must get out the vote Twitter CBellJr August 21 2018 Honored to be in attendance at McKinzie s BBQ in Conroe with Sen Ted Cruz Congressman Kevin Brady and a host of others What a great crowd Tweet via Twitter leachfortexas August 28 2018 The momentum is building Proud to welcome GregAbbott TX amp tedcruz to Collin County for our Victory2018 Labor Day Kickoff You won t want to miss this get your tix today KenPaxtonTX VanTaylorTX AngelaPaxtonTX Scott SanfordTX MattShaheen candynoble KeepTexasStrong Tweet via Twitter TexasCruzer May 1 2018 In tow with Rafael Cruz visiting the RGV and McAllen ToughAsTexas WeCruzN Tweet via Twitter RepStickland August 24 2018 Looks like BetoORourke s comments on the NFL have gone viral What should go viral are his absolutely insane liberal positions on late term abortion anti 2a amp failed Obamacare for all He s wrong for Texas txlege CruzCrew tedcruz Tweet via Twitter Ninety Six Texas County Sheriffs Endorse Ted Cruz tedcruz org October 2018 Retrieved October 12 2018 DiamondandSilk August 24 2018 Keep Texas Red Vote for Senator tedcruz Tweet via Twitter a b Current and Immediate Past Houston Police Officers Union Presidents Endorse Senator Ted Cruz for Re Election Ted Cruz for Senate October 4 2018 MATTHEW K BURKE July 20 2017 Sean Hannity Endorses Ted Cruz AUDIO The PolitiStick Archived from the original on October 1 2018 Retrieved October 1 2018 IngrahamAngle October 12 2018 Texas can you really be bought Vote tedcruz Tweet via Twitter marklevinshow April 18 2018 Tight race in Texas I don t know if this poll is right but time to rally for Cruz regardless folks Tweet via Twitter PatrickSvitek September 19 2018 TedCruz and DonaldJTrumpJr to do rally and fundraiser in Wichita Falls on Oct 3 per local state rep RepJamesFrank https www facebook com repjamesfrank posts 1811472588950466 xts 0 68 ARAz0b7kTwEcjp 8QHOL4xtbZB8e8nrhxiYgXnSnpozaY3NrhmznUIxBq92Z5i7PilQO3LBTbRcKobwc75UFz 3PjGyDOE smtY0b9Wut7Yk150wPPiCvyIWmKt2NN RR4O8wWfSs5DWCy8S1IEh4s4YacWU 2YadgVJWEthLQ opMfic2m5aw amp tn R txsen txlege Tweet via Twitter RealJamesWoods October 8 2018 All the more reason to vote Crush Beto unless you want more Sheldon Whitehouses and Cory Bookers TedCruz VoteRed2018 Tweet via Twitter SAPOA Endorses Senator Ted Cruz For Re Election SAPOA October 2 2018 Campaign for Working Families 2018 Candidate Endorsements Archived from the original on April 10 2018 Retrieved April 10 2018 CCAGW PAC Endorses Sen Ted Cruz 10 Texas House Candidates CCAGW PAC September 25 2018 Archived from the original on October 9 2018 Club for Growth PAC Endorses Ted Cruz for U S Senate Club for Growth June 18 2018 Empower Texans 2018 Primary Endoresements Archived from the original on February 27 2018 Retrieved February 19 2018 NRA PVF NRA Endorses Ted Cruz for Re election in U S Senate nrapvf org NRA PVF September 19 2018 Archived from the original on November 24 2018 Races Senate Conservatives www senateconservatives com Archived from the original on June 5 2017 Retrieved April 9 2017 Citizens Fund Endorses Ted Cruz for Senate in Texas Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund February 28 2018 Archived from the original on April 17 2018 Retrieved April 16 2018 Brennan endorses O Rourke in Texas The Hill November 2 2018 a b The Hill Julian and Joaquin Castro to campaign with O Rourke in Texas Twitter CoryBooker September 8 2018 In Texas to campaign for BetoORourke and others So proud to have just finished a rally in Houston for Lizzie4Congress a seat that is critical in flipping The House and having a check on Trump s power Consider giving to her Tweet via Twitter TX Sen Sen Catherine Cortez Masto D NV Helps Beto O Rourke D Pull Off A Doug Jones Style Win Daily Kos December 28 2017 AZ NV amp TX Sen Sen Dick Durbin D IL Helps These Democrats In The West Flip The Senate Daily Kos March 29 2018 Kirsten Gillibrand Every dollar you give before Nov 6 goes a long way in making sure Dems can flip seats in the Senate and fight this administration s dangerous agenda Donate what you can to help BetoORourke kyrstensinema and RosenforNevada win in tough red states Twitter TX Sen Sen Kamala Harris D CA Goes All in To Help Beto O Rourke D Defeat Ted Cruz R Daily Kos August 4 2018 TX Sen Sen Maggie Hassan D NH Helps Beto O Rourke D Win His Close Race Against Ted Cruz R Daily Kos May 21 2018 ChrisMurphyCT May 4 2018 BetoORourke is running against Ted Cruz in Texas The gun lobby spent 518 272 on Cruz last year but Beto is running his entire campaign on small donations from people like you Chip in to help Beto here Tweet via Twitter TX NV amp AZ Sen Sen Patty Murray D WA Helps Democrats Make Big Gains In The West Daily Kos December 26 2017 Livingston Abby January 26 2018 Houston fundraiser with New York Democrat Chuck Schumer rankles some Texans The Texas Tribune Retrieved May 4 2018 Patrick Svitek PatrickSvitek April 24 2018 Elizabeth Warren sends fundraising email for BetoORourke https www dailykos com stories 2018 4 23 1759385 TX Sen Sen Elizabeth Warren D MA Goes All In To Help Beto O Rourke D Defeat Ted Cruz R https secure actblue com donate ew beto refcode 20180423em1v1s1 txsen Tweet via Twitter LloydDoggettTX October 23 2018 Texans believe in a hopeful vision for the future but Trump and Ted Cruz only provide fear and anger During early voting support Democrats like Beto who advocate for meaningful solutions on healthcare immigration social programs amp economic opportunity Tweet via Twitter BetoORourke October 25 2018 It s been amazing watching my friend betoorourke visit every county in Texas Beto is proudly powered by people not PACs or special interests Go Beto Tweet via Twitter BetoORourke June 10 2018 Great being joined by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and everyone who came out Tweet via Twitter Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy The future of the Democratic Party is in Texas First Reading Archived from the original on September 28 2017 Retrieved September 27 2017 Ted Lieu on Twitter twitter com Retrieved September 24 2018 MarcVeasey May 24 2018 Look who I found at the Dallas unity event this evening our next Senator from the state of Texas BetoORourke Tweet via Twitter WendyDavis August 26 2018 BetoORourke is as authentic as it gets Every day he s speaking to what true TX values embody that every voice matters amp that everyone merits opportunity You ve seen that viral video Now read this excellent article Bye bye tedcruz Tweet via Twitter ChrisGTurner August 15 2018 Great to catch up with our next U S Senator BetoORourke yesterday And yes we re in our official candidate uniforms txlege Tweet via Twitter LupeValdez September 22 2018 We re with you BetoORourke Tweet via Twitter Wilson Jenny JennyWilsonUT October 12 2017 Thank you Aaron I d love to join BetoORourke in Washington next year It s time for fresh voices Tweet Archived from the original on February 17 2018 Retrieved February 17 2018 via Twitter Let s raise some money for Beto 9 27 at LargoLosAngeles Let s raise some money for whenweallvote on 9 20 twitter com Retrieved October 19 2018 Bun B Come and be a part of making a change in Texas Join me and arianfoster as we help people get registered to vote and let them hear from the man himself betoorourke about why he should be your senator Twitter Kevin Bacon on Twitter Leon Bridges on Twitter twitter com Retrieved September 24 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Beto O Rourke Seeking to Oust Ted Cruz Returns to L A for Fundraiser www variety com July 9 2018 Rep Beto O Rourke voter registration rally featuring star power guests draws thousands ABC13 Houston October 9 2018 a b c d e f Why So Many People Are Betting on Beto O Rourke July 26 2018 JimCarrey November 5 2018 Go Beto Go Democrats Vote like there s no tomorrow Let s make this Tuesday like the end of every great vampire movie Pull back the curtains and let the sunshine turn all those bloodsuckers to dust Tweet Retrieved November 8 2018 via Twitter RealKevinConroy October 3 2018 Go Beto Tweet Retrieved November 8 2019 via Twitter Beto O Rourke Ellen DeGeneres trade praise as Senate hopeful appears on her show www dallasnews com September 5 2018 Fantano Anthony theneedledrop September 19 2018 BetoORourke good luck Tweet Retrieved September 21 2018 via Twitter a b c d Celebrities who are supporting Democrat Beto O Rourke for Senate www msn com Archived from the original on October 20 2018 Retrieved October 19 2018 Beto O Rourke www facebook com Vicente Fox endorses Beto O Rourke in Texas Senate race The Hill October 18 2018 Retrieved October 19 2018 Turn Out for Texas Rally with Bun B and Arian Foster www facebook com Jake Gyllenhaal announces edorsement of Beto O Rourke and other democrats on his Facebook page November 5 2018 chelseahandler March 18 2018 I got to hear BetoORourke speak last night and it was great to hear a candidate who cares about working families women immigrantion and all while not taking money from corporate behemoths We need elected officials who are not for sale Go Texas Go BetoORourke Tweet via Twitter John Iadarola on Twitter Beto O Rourke s defense of anthem protests draws support from prominent athletes Kelly Jones on Twitter The Young Turks September 17 2018 Ted Cruz Whines About Being Ugly Retrieved September 24 2018 via YouTube Schaub Michael July 16 2018 Stephen King and Ted Cruz feud on Twitter Los Angeles Times Beyonce is for Beto O Rourke in 2018 midterm elections CBS News November 6 2018 JohnLeguizamo March 17 2018 I just gave to Beto O Rourke Tweet via Twitter Lessig March 31 2017 Beto for Senate Eva Longoria Calling all my fellow Texans Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote Make a difference this November Get out there and VOTE y all BetoORourke Twitter Real Time with Bill Maher March 16 2018 Beto O Rourke Real Time with Bill Maher HBO via YouTube Twitter mobile twitter com Alyssa Milano FYI tedcruz These people camped out to votewithbeto to protect their healthcare Twitter Hudak Joseph September 12 2018 Willie Nelson Will Headline a Rally for Beto O Rourke Rolling Stone Alexandria Ocasio Cortez on Twitter Rosie O Donnell maxed out in support of Beto O Rourke www kvia com Just two weeks ago Ted Cruz celebrated gun violence with the NRA What should Texas do with him Ask BetoORourke twitter com Retrieved May 21 2018 David Pakman Show March 7 2018 Beto O Rourke is No Progressive Hero But He s Better Than Ted Cruz via YouTube Madlin Mekelburg May 9 2018 Actress Sarah Jessica Parker steps out for Beto O Rourke Retrieved May 10 2017 perlmutations August 25 2018 He is a leader we have ALL been waiting for authentic and American to the core Tweet via Twitter Folley Aris November 3 2018 Gregg Popovich endorses Beto O Rourke in Texas senate race The Hill America needs more politicians like BetoORourke who will be a representative for ALL people in Texas twitter com Retrieved October 19 2018 SteveSchmidtSES April 23 2018 Thinking about Ted Cruz s slobbering Paean to Trump and the closeness of his race to the exciting and decent Beto O Rourke one thing should be clear to Texans If Ted Cruz won t protect the backs of his Dad and wife he won t have your back I think Sam Houston would be for Beto Tweet via Twitter Amy Schumer News Twitter Travis Scott Campaigns For Beto O Rourke In Houston Watch October 28 2018 Siskind Amy Amy Siskind October 8 2018 END Mitch McConnell s reign of terror Donate volunteer for these close senate races Jacky Rosen NV Phil Bredesen TN Claire McCaskill MO Bill Nelson FL Joe Donnelly IN Heidi Heitkamp ND Beto O Rourke TX Kyrsten Sinema AZ Tammy Baldwin WI Tweet Retrieved October 20 2018 via Twitter Tara Strong LETSGOBETO Twitter Hannah Collin November 15 2017 Justice Democrats Vetting Process Hinders Progressive Candidates truthagainstthemachine com Archived from the original on September 11 2020 White Andrew March 22 2018 I am Andrew White startup guy investor Hurricane Harvey boat rescue captain Now Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas AMA Reddit 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