The race between Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, for Senate in Texas is heating up, someskinnyg one expert consents should serve as a cautioning to Reunveilans in the depfinishably red state.
“Texas is an fascinating political environment and will become a belldampher wiskinny the next decade,” Jimmy Keady, the createer and pdwellnt of JLK Political Strategies, telderly Fox News Digital. “With the recent influx of West Coasters, and a speedy-lengthening Hispanic population, recent elections in Texas are shutr than Reunveilans want.”
The comments come as Cruz seeks to ffinish off yet another safe dispute from a Democratic opponent, this time from Allred, who has recontransiented Texas’ 32nd Congressional Didisjoine in the Dallas area since 2019.
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In 2012, Ted Cruz easily topped his Democratic opponent by csurrfinisherly 16 percentage points. (Jabin Botsford – Pool/Getty Images)
While the Real Clear Politics polling mediocre shows Cruz with a five-point direct in the race, there are some troubling signs for the Reunveilan incumbent, including recent polls that show Cruz with a direct shut to wiskinny the margin of error.
Allred has seeed to capitalize on the momentum, taking to social media to highweightless a Morning Consult poll that showed him with a skinny direct in the race.
“For the first time in this race, a recent poll has us directing Ted Cruz by 1 point. I don’t comprehend about y’all but I’m fired up and ready to WIN,” Allred shelp on X. “We’ve got 47 days, let’s do this Texas.”
Prominent Reunveilans have accomprehendledged the dispute, with Trump campaign better adviser Chris LaCivita taking to X to ask what is “wrong with the Senate race in Texas” and calling for “some genuine professionals” to “save” Cruz.
Rep. Colin Allred get tos on the Hoinclude floor for Pdwellnt Biden’s State of the Union insertress in the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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The Trump campaign did not promptly react to a Fox News Digital ask for comment.
Some polls directing up to Cruz’s 2018 Senate race with establisher Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, showed a aprobable shut race, though Cruz was able to helderly off the Democratic disputer by under three percentage points.
But that shut thrive was also a stark departure from Cruz’s 2012 thrive, when he easily topped establisher Texas Democratic state Rep. Paul Sadler by csurrfinisherly 16 percentage points.
That skinnying of the margins in Texas should have Reunveilans on edge, Keady talk aboutd, though he stressed he consentd Cruz would be safe in 2024.
The Real Clear Politics polling mediocre shows Sen. Ted Cruz with a five-point direct in his race for re-election. (Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Texas will stay red this November and Ted Cruz will thrive re-election,” Keady shelp. “But Reunveilans should not get the danger of losing this state weightlessly. As the Reunveilan Party creates a take part for blue states, Democrats are going to commence making a take part for red states… to helderly these seats, Reunveilans will have to stay deal withd on messaging and arrange truthfulate recruitment.”
The Cruz campaign did not promptly react to a Fox News Request for comment.
