How Ted Cruz's abortion record could cost him a historic election in Texas

[douglas9]

The notoriously verbose Ted Cruz has gone largely silent on abortion, one of his favorite topics to legislate on and bloviate about, during his Senate re-election campaign in Texas – an ominous sign both for Cruz and the anti-abortion movement writ large.

Indeed, Texas representative Colin Allred has mounted an unusually strong campaign for Cruz’s Senate seat at a time when Texas has become ground zero in the grisly maternal health disaster unfolding across the country since the fall of Roe v Wade. As of the latest University of Houston poll, the race between Cruz and Allred is currently a dead heat, with Cruz leading the former NFL player by only two points (47-45%). This is remarkable for Texas, which hasn’t elected a Democrat in a statewide race in three decades and has never elected a Black US senator.

Abortion is a particularly toxic issue for Republicans this presidential election cycle, so much so that even Donald Trump posted after the Democratic national convention that his administration “would be great for women and their reproductive rights”.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/03/ted-cruz-texas-senate-election-abortion-record

[Lonestarblue]

1. I'll believe it when I see it, but oh how sweet his loss would be.

However, there’s a reason the state is controlling the election in Harris County, the largest Democratic county. Does anyone really trust Ken Paxton to see that the election there is fair? He will ensure that many Democratic votes are thrown out for spurious reasons. Republicans took over the election administration for Houston solely to ensure a Cruz win.

[Trueblue Texan]

2. Texas has become the American version of Russia where elections are concerned. nt

[surfered]

3. Well, it's worth something that he's shut up.

He spends more time on his radio show than he does in the Senate and his radio show is just about trolling Democrats. He’s just like Trump, entitled and worthless.