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Sen. Ted Cruz (R) suggested on Friday that staffers working for his opponent in the Texas Senate race, Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D), were using campaign funds to help "people coming here illegally." Cruz also called on O'Rourke to say whether he supported allowing a migrant of caravans to "cross illegally" into Texas. "I thought it was a joke, until video broke this morning of his campaign staffers taking campaign money and apparently using it to give to people coming here illegally," Cruz said in a speech, according to a clip posted by a Cruz campaign official on Friday. "There are...

Former CIA Director John Brennan on Friday endorsed Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke in his effort to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas. “As a former resident of Texas and a proud UT-Austin alumnus, I believe Beto O’Rourke is the type of individual Texans need in the U.S. Senate to represent their best interests,” Brennan tweeted Friday morning, just a few days before the midterm elections. “He has the integrity, intellect, and character that is in short supply in Congress. Vote!” [Opinion: Why Beto O'Rourke is going to lose, in one photo] As a former resident of Texas and a proud...

Dominic Chacon, a Field Manager for the O’Rourke campaign in El Paso, Texas, expressed his concern in getting supplies to the caravan migrants. “I’m going to go get some food right now, like just some stuff to drop off, cause they need food and blankets,” said Chacon. “Do you know of anybody that has blankets and s**t?” We got permission to give them some of these waters, so we can take some of the waters too.” Anapaula Themann, a field organizer for the O’Rourke campaign, insists that the purchase of supplies for the illegal aliens remain a secret in a...

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since 2014, which is likely good news for Democratic Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke. With just one week until the midterm elections, polls indicate that the El Paso congressman and Texas senatorial candidate has a 5-point gap to bridge in order to catch his competitor, incumbent Senator Ted Cruz. But O’Rourke has long insisted that a large chunk of his supporters, Texans under 30 and Hispanic voters, don’t show up in those polling numbers. New data from Target Smart, a political data firm, would appear to back his claims. In a recent interview, O’Rourke told CBS News that a large turnout...

Three new Emerson battleground polls find two US Senators in vulnerable positions; in Texas, US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Inc) is at 50%, Beto O’Rourke (D) 47%, 2% undecided. In West Virginia US Senator Joe Manchin (D-Inc) at 47%, Patrick Morrisey (R) 42%, 8% undecided. Manchin has a slightly more positive image in the state with a 46% favorable/ 43% unfavorable while Morrissey is underwater at 35%/ 52%, however President Trump is popular in WV with a 56% favorable/ 39% unfavorable. In Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn (R) 52%, Phil Bredesen (D) 44%, 3% undecided. ETC...

Consider this a supplement to all the coverage we've done of Texas' midterm election and all the voters who've shown up early to cast ballots. Like Creatine, whey protein or Weight Gain 4000, it shouldn't be taken without considering the warning label: These numbers might mean something, or they might end up meaning nothing at all. Texas is dealing with voter turnout that doesn't look like any midterm that's happened in this last couple of decades, so speculate at your own risk With that out of the way, let's take a look at some of the numbers behind Texas early...

LeBron James is no stranger to making political statements, and that hasn't changed now that he's a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Before his new team's game on Saturday night against the Spurs in San Antonio, LeBron arrived in a black and white hat that said "Beto for Senate."

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz leads Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 51% to 45% among likely voters in their race to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, according to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll released Friday. O’Rourke is continuing a months-long trend in lagging Cruz, but he is finding success among independent voters, a group that often gravitates toward the GOP in the Lone Star State. Some 51% of independent voters backed O’Rourke, while Cruz drew 39%, according to the new UT-TT poll. “If you look for Republican defections to Beto O’Rourke, they’re not there. But the independents break to...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a six-point edge over Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) in his bid for a second term in the Senate, according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll released Friday. Cruz gets the support of 51 percent of likely Texas voters, while 45 percent support O’Rourke, two percent back Libertarian candidate Neal Dikeman and two percent said they would support another candidate. O’Rourke, who has garnered national headlines for firing up Texas’ liberal voting blocs and making the race in the Lone Star State significantly more competitive than expected, has found success among independents. The congressman...

Texas voting machines changing some straight-party selections HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Voters are reporting odd problems on both the Republican and Democratic side of straight-party voting in Texas. Mickey Blake was one of the voters in those early voting lines in Houston earlier this week. "I hit straight Democratic ticket," Blake said. She says she expected all Democrats to come up on her screen, especially Rep. Beto O'Rourke, but when she got to the last screen to review her choices, she noticed a problem.

A poll which last month has Beto O'Rourke leading Ted Cruz in the hot race for the U.S. Senate now says the race his flipped, and the Ipsos Polling Company credits President Trump's highly charged rally for Cruz in Houston on Monday with part of that rebound, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. Mallory Newell, the polling director for Ipsos, says last month it had O'Rourke up by two, but the latest on line poll, which was conducted following the Trump rally, says Cruz has more than made up that deficit. "We are seeing a slight edge for Senator Cruz," she...

[snip] Vision America works with pastors to encourage Christians around the country to vote and participate in elections. Their nonpartisan voter guide for Texas shows where both candidates stand on issues like the Supreme Court, right to life, and protecting religious liberty. Over the weekend, however, an unknown person made fraudulent copies of the guides changing the text of the issues and mixed them into piles passed out at multiple churches in Texas. "They snuck into churches to deceive church members," said Graves. "I've been around this for over 25 years and I've never seen or heard anything like that."...

Here is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaking at a huge Trump Rally in Houston, Texas. Cruz predicted President Trump will be re-elected President of the United States in 2020, and vowed to support him and campaign with him all across the country. . . .

President Donald Trump let bygones be bygones Monday with his former rival presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, praising the Texas Republican before heading to Houston to rally for him. When the two men were duking it out for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, Trump famously hurled insults at Cruz, christening him with one of Trump's signature monikers: "Lyin' Ted." Trump also went after Cruz's family, suggesting Cruz's father was involved in the John F. Kennedy assassination and targeting Cruz's wife Heidi for her appearance. But the president made a reversal of his past insults as he prepared for his highly...

Mother of all MAGA rallies tonight from Houston, TX at 6: 30 PM CDT. Before that, there’ll be a Texas-sized tailgater party!

Folks, will Fox News Channel & Fox Business News TV Channels refuse to broadest in full,...the massive "MEGA" POTUS, Doanld J. Trump Political Rally & Tailgate Party being held today in Houston, Texas at the Toyota Sports Center, capacity, 20,000 people. The Trump Campaign Staff has reported receiving over 100,000 requests for tickets. As I am writing this, thousands of folks are already lined up for this major campaign event. Will the FOX News Management give Trump and his millions of loyal supporters the cold shoulder by not broadcasting this major political event in total? For your info...C-Span, RSBN, and...

HOUSTON (KXAN) -- President Trump is planning a Texas-sized tailgate before his Houston Make-America Great Again rally scheduled at the Houston Toyota Center on Monday. His campaign decided to host what they are calling the 'Big Texas Tailgater' after receiving 100,000 requests for tickets to the previously planned rally with Ted Cruz. The tailgate party will feature food trucks, music by the Marcus Eldridge Band and the Will Carter Band, appearances by Trump Campaign spokespeople and big screens to see President Trump’s speech. “Texas is big and so will be the turnout for our MAGA rally in Houston, Texas Monday,”...

Supporters are lining up for President Trump's big rally in Texas, one whole day before the event will take place. With his 2020 campaign boasting "100,000+" people being interested in attending, lines of people outside the venue, shown across multiple blocks in photos tweeted by CNN's Betsy Klein, further indicate high enthusiasm for the event. The rally, set for Monday evening at the Toyota Center in Houston, is poised to be the most powerful boost yet for Sen. Ted Cruz, who will share the stage with the man he once opposed for the presidency. The Republican incumbent faces a surprisingly...

Michael Avenatti has backed off his pledge to hold a "resistance" rally in Texas on the same day President Trump holds one for Sen. Ted Cruz in Houston. As the Trump campaign announced that more than 100,000 requests were made for tickets for the event Monday, Avenatti told Geoff Bennett of NBC News that a scheduling conflict prevented him from holding a counter-rally. "It's Beto's show because it's his race," Avenatti was quoted as saying, referring to Cruz's Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O'Rourke. Early last month, Avenatti, who is the lawyer to porn star Stormy Daniels, said he would hold...