Yep. I personally am pretty shocked. I saw the polls. I know how we all (my family and friends) voted. Now, I know a lot of money and effort was thrown at this race but there is zero way it should have been this close....especially since Abbot won (at least as of right now) by 13.
I said a while back when I was looking at some polls that were showing Cruz winning by 3-5 that if that happened I was going to be very VERY concerned for 2020 in this state (the Senate). Cornyn is not as well liked among Republicans here and may face a tough primary challenge. If Beto were to run again....it just might get flipped.
Does anyone know the name of Abbott’s opponent? Obviously Beto had a much more well-funded campaign and huge name recognition. To think that his margin of loss wouldn’t be smaller than the governor candidate wouldn’t make any sense at all.
>>>tonight we saw Ted Cruz come within a couple percent of being defeated - in TEXAS!
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As another FReeper said, Ted Cruz is the Al Gore of the GOP. The biggest mistake Cruz ever made was running for president. He had no business even trying.
Donald Trump pulled him across the finish line tonight and he’d better be grateful for that.
Cruz led the never Trumpets in the 2016 election. Trump may have forgiven him but a lot of voters didn’t.