For the first time in their hotly contested campaign, a poll shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, trailing challenger U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. The Morning Consult poll, conducted between Sept. 9 and 18, places Allred — a moderate North Texas Democrat — a point ahead of Cruz with likely voters, 45% to 44%.
For the first time in their hotly contested campaign, a poll shows U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, trailing challenger U.S. Rep. Colin Allred., conducted between Sept. 9 and 18, places Allred — a moderate North Texas Democrat — a point ahead of Cruz with likely voters, 45% to 44%. Allred's lead is within the poll's margin of error, however.
Cruz is running for a third term in the Senate after narrowly defeating former El Paso Congressman Beto O'Rourke in a closely watched 2018 race.. He's also running with additional baggage, including taking a family trip to Cancun while hundreds of Texans died in Winter Storm Uri, one of state's worst natural disasters.shows him having trouble crossing the 50% margin — generally viewed as troubling news for an incumbent weeks before an election. to the new numbers.
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