Beto O’Rourke pulls ahead of Ted Cruz in new Texas poll
by Caitlin Yilek
| September 19, 2018 10:23 AM
Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke pulled ahead of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as the two face off for the latter’s Texas Senate seat, according to the results of a poll released Wednesday.
The survey from Reuters/Ipsos/the University of Virginia Center for Politics shows O’Rourke leading by 2 percentage points, 47 percent to 45 percent.
O’Rourke’s lead is well within margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The online poll, conducted Sept. 5-17, surveyed 992 people.
A Quinnipiac University poll released a day earlier showed Cruz with a 9 percentage point advantage over his Democratic challenger.
Larry Sabato, director of the U.Va. Center for Politics, said Cruz’s feuds with Trump during the 2016 presidential election tarnished his reputation with some Texas Republicans.
“That damaged him with parts of the Texas electorate that he needs for re-election,†Sabato told Reuters.
A RealClearPolitics average of recent polls shows Cruz with a 4.5 point lead over O’Rourke in the red state.
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