This one, was scary for awhile. For most of the night, phony little Robert Beto O’Rourke had a substantial lead on Ted Cruz, even as Greg Abbott cruised to re-election victory. Of course, it was all liberal southern Texas counties that skewed the early results and Ted Cruz has managed to pull out a win that shouldn’t have been as close as it was.
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BREAKING: Republican incumbent Ted Cruz will win Texas' U.S. Senate race, defeating Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, @ABC projects based on vote analysis https://t.co/QKK9VJilpS pic.twitter.com/NIchNubKco
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 7, 2018
The media tried to make Robert Beto O’Rourke the Irish Obama. They failed, but still managed to get him a few extra votes to make the race closer than it should have been.