U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz easily defeated U.S. Rep. Colin Allred on Tuesday, defying another spirited and well-funded effort to turn Texas blue and preserving his status as a leading conservative voice in American politics.

"The results tonight, this decisive victory, should shake the Democrat establishment to its core," he said in a speech to supporters at his campaign watch party in downtown Houston.

The Associated Press called his victory after 10 p.m. as Cruz was leading by more than double digits.

Shortly after, Allred told his supporters at his election night party in Dallas that he had conceded to Cruz.

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[–] Soapbox1858@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

That spineless wish dot com Herman Munster looking coward remaining my senator has been just as depressing for me as the result of the presidential election.

I get why people didn't like Beto. I didn't like him much either but still voted for him.

Colin Allred though seemed like such an excellent choice. An extremely likeable candidate, with quite moderate policy positions.

Half my fellow Texans just cannot think critically and see through the propaganda they are being force fed.

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Cruz's margin (and how different it was from polling) is a shock! This was a systematic miss, I'm curious to learn the root cause once someone investigates that difference... What significant portion of the electorate was missed?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

10mil people didn't bother to vote (across the nation), and Latinos showed up for Trump and Republicans to the tune of a +10 margin. Also, women showed up less for the Dems, down 3 points from 2020.

ETA: and Gen Z men were +13 Republican

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't know if it was really so much of a shock. I saw so many people saying that Texas was trending blue, but every single one of them did not mention the 2022 election in which Republicans swept the entire state by about 10 points. Which is about the same margin that Cruz had here.

Though the polling did seem remarkably off.

[–] CM400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Elbridge Gerry has entered the chat.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's it, Tejas. Back to owned-by-Mexico with ya. 🤌🏼

p.s. Not a jab at immigrants, et al, in any way.

[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Mexico might just save face and help give them all their rights back if that were ever to happen.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

The schadenfreude of bitch-ass bigoted trash being graciously given "back" their jobs they secretly feel are somehow beneath them. I'd pay to stream that directly into my veins. 🤌🏼

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know what? I'll just vote Blue even harder.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

We can only ~~get~~ vote so hard.