Democrats are hoping to go on offense in Texas this year in their uphill battle to retain a Senate majority.
Democrats are hoping to go on offense in Texas this year in their uphill battle to retain a Senate majority with a difficult map of seats to defend and the loss of some incumbents that has election forecasters favoring Republicans controlling the upper chamber after the 2024 elections.
Some election forecasters have also shifted the race toward Democrat. The Cook Political Report last week moved the race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican” after the recent polling and boost in spending.
Cruz has already survived one close call in 2018 when Democrat Beto O’Rourke came within 3% of winning during the midterms, though dynamics are different in this cycle in a presidential election year without an incumbent at the top of the ticket. The state is also not considered to be in play for Vice President Kamala Harris, limiting the impact of a coattail effect of the presidential nominee helping down-ballot candidates.
Texas has become less heavily tilted toward Republicans in recent elections but has not elected a Democrat in a statewide election in three decades. Those shifting demographics and Cruz’s history of tight reelection races have propped up Democratic hopes about Allred notching an unexpected victory there.
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