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Trump’s Rally for Cruz Could Energize Democrats

October 22, 2018 at 9:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Texas Tribune: “When President Donald Trump first announced he would travel to Texas to campaign for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, at least one Texas Republican operative prayed for the rally to take place at Kyle Field in College Station — and the sentiment had nothing to do with Aggie pride.”

“At issue was a fear that if the Trump rally took place in one of Texas’ big cities — particularly Dallas or Houston — the president’s presence could further incite the Democratic base in races where Republican incumbents are in the fights of their political lives.”

“The prayer wasn’t answered. Instead, Trump is headed to the heart of Houston on Monday. And some — but not all — Texas Republican operatives are anxious that he could hurt local incumbents, particularly U.S. Rep. John Culberson and state Rep. Sarah Davis.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Ted Cruz, TX-Sen

Houston Chronicle Endorses Beto O’Rourke

October 19, 2018 at 2:39 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Houston Chronicle endorsed Beto O’Rourke (D) for U.S. Senate in Texas:

There’s one more reason O’Rourke should represent Texas in the U.S. Senate: He would help to serve as a check on a president who is a danger to the republic. Cruz is unwilling to take on that responsibility. Indeed, the man who delighted in calling the Texas senator “Lyin’ Ted” all through the 2016 presidential campaign, who insulted Cruz’s wife and his father, is bringing his traveling campaign medicine show to Houston next week to buoy the Cruz campaign. The hyperbole, the hypocrisy and the rancorous hot air just might blow the roof off the Toyota Center.

While the bloviations emanate from the arena next week, imagine how refreshing it would be to have a U.S. senator who not only knows the issues but respects the opposition, who takes firm positions but reaches out to those who disagree, who expects to make government work for Texas and the nation. Beto O’Rourke, we believe, is that senator.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Trump Moves Rally for Cruz to Bigger Venue

October 19, 2018 at 10:06 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump has moved his Texas rally for Sen. Ted Cruz’s reelection campaign to a larger venue because of what a top aide called “huge and unprecedented” ticket sales, Politico reports.

The Trump campaign originally chose Houston’s NRG Arena, which can hold 8,000, and then abruptly changed locations on Thursday to the Toyota Center, which can hold 19,000.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Cruz Calls for ‘Civility’ and Then Snaps at Moderator

October 17, 2018 at 9:40 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

In his debate with Rep., Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blamed the “rage” of the “far left” for the lack of “civility” in politics and then promptly barked at the debate moderator who tried to ask a question.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Quote of the Day

October 17, 2018 at 7:06 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“He’s dishonest. That’s why the president called him Lyin’ Ted and it’s why the nickname stuck because it’s true.”

— Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), quoted by the Texas Tribune, in his U.S. Senate debate with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Cruz Leads with 3 Weeks to Go

October 16, 2018 at 12:32 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new CNN poll in Texas finds Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appears well-positioned for re-election over challenger Beto O’Rourke (D), topping him 52% to 45% among likely voters.

Just 9% of likely Texas voters say there’s a chance they could change their mind about the Senate contest before Election Day.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

‘Ted Cruz Loves White Castle’

October 16, 2018 at 8:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

These ads from the liberal-backed Fire Ted Cruz PAC are just brilliant.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Trump Settles on Small Arena for Cruz Rally

October 15, 2018 at 9:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump will star at a rally in Houston on Oct. 22 to help Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the Dallas Morning News reports.

The president said that he would hold a “major rally” for Cruz at the biggest stadium they could find in Texas.

“This rally is set for the NRG Arena, which has an 8,000-seat arena — a far more modest venue than the one Trump had promised. Nearby NRG Stadium, by comparison, is home to the NFL Houston Texans and tops out at around 80,000 people.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Cruz Relying on Insiders to Win Re-Election

October 15, 2018 at 2:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “rode an anti-Washington wave into the Senate in 2012, became a disruptive outsider in the chamber the next year, and ran against the establishment when he sought the presidency in 2016,” Politico reports.

“But when his reelection campaign wobbled earlier this year under pressure from upstart Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Cruz leaned hard on a new strategy: the inside track.”

“Cruz’s TV ads have touted his record bringing home billions in federal relief spending after Hurricane Harvey, highlighting ‘bipartisan’ tax relief for those affected by the storm. Cruz’s Texas colleague, Sen. John Cornyn — whom Cruz declined to endorse in 2014 when Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, faced a primary challenge — headlined a six-figure fundraiser for Cruz in Washington. And Cruz has leaned on help from the highest echelons of the Republican Party, campaigning with Vice President Mike Pence and Donald Trump Jr. in Texas recently and getting a commitment from President Donald Trump for a future event.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Avenatti Tries to Raise Money Off Beto O’Rourke

October 12, 2018 at 3:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Daily Beast: “Michael Avenatti on Thursday tweeted a link to Democratic donation platform ActBlue that appeared to be an O’Rourke donation page, but the fine print on the page noted that, by default, half of the money donated would go to Avenatti’s Fight PAC.”

Filed Under: Campaign Finance Tagged With: Beto O'Rourke, Michael Avenatti, TX-Sen

O’Rourke Raised $38.1 Million In Three Months

October 12, 2018 at 9:36 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Rep. Beto O’Rourke raised an astonishing $38.1 million in three months, as Democrats in Texas and nationwide showered him with donations for his bid to oust Sen. Ted Cruz,” the Dallas Morning News reports.

“The haul smashed previous records for a U.S. Senate contest, and assures that the hard fought race, already the nation’s costliest, remains on top of the 2018 list.”

“O’Rourke’s haul is more than triple the $12 million that Cruz said he raised from July through September.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Cruz Maintains Lead Over O’Rourke

October 11, 2018 at 6:06 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Quinnipiac poll in Texas finds Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) leading challenger Beto O’Rourke (D) by nine points in the U.S. Senate race, 54% to 45%.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Cruz Declines Televised Town Hall

October 10, 2018 at 7:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declined CNN’s invitation to participate in a televised town hall with challenger Beto O’Rourke (D), the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

So O’Rourke will be featured in a live, one-hour town hall on October 18.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Is Ted Cruz ‘Tough as Texas’?

October 10, 2018 at 9:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rolling Stone: “The ad — which was paid for by an anti-Cruz PAC and was not endorsed by his senate opponent, Beto O’Rourke — is beautiful in its simplicity, and strikes to the heart of Cruz’s campaign, which has revolved around the idea that he is more authentically Texan than his challenger.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Ted Cruz, TX-Sen

Watch a Senate Poll In Real Time

October 8, 2018 at 2:35 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

For your viewing pleasure: The New York Times is preparing to poll the U.S. Senate race in Texas. Results will be posted instantly as the calls are completed.

They’re also polling the Senate races in Nevada and Tennessee.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, Polling Tagged With: TX-Sen

Beto O’Rourke Declines Obama Endorsement

October 4, 2018 at 4:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former President Obama “has endorsed 11 Texas Democrats leading up to next month’s midterm elections. But none go by the popular four-letter moniker Beto,” the Texas Tribune reports.

Said U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke (D): “I don’t think we’re interested. I am so grateful to him for his service, he’s going to go down as one of the greatest presidents. And yet, this election is on Texas.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

Texas Governor Calls O’Rourke ‘Cult-Like’

October 1, 2018 at 10:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) described Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) as “cult-like” in the way that he’s garnered attention in his bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), The Hill reports.

Said Abbot: “He’s been a cult-like, very popular figure the way that he’s run the campaign, but you don’t vote on cult, you don’t vote on personality when you get to the U.S. Senate. You vote on the issues.”

The Austin American Statesman reports O’Rourke held a rally over the weekend attended by more than 50,000 people.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Beto O'Rourke, TX-Sen

Cruz Won’t Commit to Serving Out Senate Term

September 27, 2018 at 8:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Beto O’Rourke (D) pledged in an interview with the Texas Tribune “to serving out the full six-year term in the Senate if elected, pushing down buzz that he might make a run at the White House in 2020.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) did not quite say the same. His reply, which went on for two minutes but did not answer the question, concluded with, “We should be standing up for who we are as Texans and Americans.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: TX-Sen

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