I love Ted! But honestly, he struggled across the line against Beto. The President helped him across. I know he was heavily outspent but I think Ted is going to be a great pillar in the Senate for conservatism. Maybe eventually the Supremes, since he is still a young man! Trump is going to do much better that Ted’s statewide count.
I think most Cruz fans believed he would sleep walk to victory over such a flake as Beto, so probably didn’t vote.
That would account for the closeness of the vote totals.
Hopefully, that was a wake up call for GOP voters.