Ted Cruz defeated Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred Tuesday night in what was ... taking repeated shots at Cruz for abandoning Texas residents during Winter Storm Uri in 2021. Allred tried to label Cruz as dangerous, pointing to his efforts to undo the ...

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker and civil rights lawyer from Dallas, repeatedly broke fundraising records in his campaign, raising more than $80 million by mid-October.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz officially won re-election Tuesday evening, beating out Democratic Representative Colin Allred, after a close race between the candidates. The victory for Cruz comes after Allred looked to be the first person in 30 years to win a statewide election in the nation’s second-most populous state,