HOUSTON — Months of campaigning, debate and political ads all comes down to Election Day. One key race Texas voters are deciding is the one for the U.S. Senate. Republican incumbent Ted Cruz takes on challenger Democratic U.S. Rep Colin Allred.
Polls show the race is a tight one.
Cruz, who lives in Houston, has been in the U.S. Senate since 2013. He first won a Senate seat in 2012, when he beat Democrat Paul Sadler. In 2018, Cruz narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke. Cruz also ran for president in 2016, but dropped out in the primary. It was a presidential election won by Donald Trump.
Allred, who is from Dallas, has been in the U.S. House since 2019, first beating incumbent Pete Sessions in the 2018 election. He beat Republican challengers Genevieve Collins in 2020 and Antonio Swand in 2022. Allred is a former football player for the Tennessee Titans and Baylor Bears.
Below are real-time county-by-county results for that race. We've got complete results live at KHOU.com/Elections.