Ted Cruz Continues to Lead Challenger Allred By Razor-Thin Margins in Texas Senate Race Polls 8 Days From The Election

With the elections less than 10 days away, Texas' Senate race is increasingly looking like it will be decided by a slim margin. Democratic Rep. Colin Allred continues to trail incumbent Ted Cruz by razor-thin margins in all final polls.

Three different surveys released since October 20 show Cruz leading by four percentage points at most and tied with Allred in one sponsored by the Democratic Party.

In the latest one, conducted by ActiVote between October 21 and 27 among 400 likely voters, Cruz is ahead with 52% of the support compared to Allred's 48%. The previous ones were published on Monday by The New York Times along with Siena College. One of them surveyed 1,180 likely voters and the other one the same amount of registered ones.

The former study shows Cruz ahead with 50% of the support compared to Allred's 46%, while the latter, among registered voters, features a narrower margin: 49% for Cruz to his 46%. Finally, one by GBAO and Allred's campaign showed the candidates tied when Libertarian candidate Ted Brown is included in the frame. Concretely, both Cruz and Allred have 46% while Brown gets 4%.

Allred has been touting endorsements from former Republicans as he seeks to portray himself as a moderate candidate able to reach out across the aisle. He has been endorsed by the Dallas Morning News, whose board said that while there were areas where they felt more aligned with Cruz, they ultimately felt Cruz failed to measure up to Allred where it mattered most.

"The three-term congressman from Dallas has demonstrated over time that both the words and action of bipartisanship matter to him. There are areas where we disagree with Allred, and there are areas where we are more aligned with Cruz," Dallas Morning News wrote. "But Cruz had the opportunity to support a step toward a solution with the bipartisan Lankford-Sinema bill that would have provided massive resources for border security."

Allred also recently featured the endorsement of former state Rep. Jason Villalba, who held office between 2013 and 2019. In a newly-released ad, Villalba said he has been a Republican all his life, but Allred "has the character I look for in candidates." "I vote for the candidates that I believe have the best values," adds his wife Brooke.

"I know in border security is very strong. He voted for a bipartisan bill drafted by Republicans to make sure we have safe communities in Texas," Jason adds, making reference to the border security bill struck down by Republicans after Donald Trump criticized it in what many analysts said was a political move destined to keep the issue as a political vulnerability for Democrats.

Allred has also been endorsed by Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney. Kinzinger famously departed from the mainstream GOP after the January 6 Assault on the Capitol, even serving on the House committee that investigated the events. He was also one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for his efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 elections and spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August of this year.

Cheney, who also left her seat in 2022, recently highlighted that Cruz can't be trusted. "I know (Cruz) will say anything if it serves his own political purpose," she added in the interview with WFAA in September.