CNN —Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will win reelection to a third term, CNN projects, defeating Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred and denying Democrats one of their best chances to mitigate potential losses elsewhere.
The Longhorn State has long been a Republican stronghold, with the GOP winning every statewide election there since 1994.
Allred, a former NFL linebacker who defeated GOP Rep. Pete Sessions to win his House seat in 2018, was seen as a viable challenger.
He attacked Cruz for voting against the bipartisan border deal and featured testimonials from border law enforcement officers in his own ads.
This year, he tried to tie Allred to the Biden-Harris administration on inflation, the border wall and transgender issues.
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