2018 United States Senate election in Texas

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Turnout| 53.01%  (of registered voters)
42.07%  (of voting age population)[1]
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Nominee  | Ted Cruz | Beto O'Rourke |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Popular vote  | 4,260,553 | 4,045,632
Percentage  | 50.89% | 48.33%

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County results

Congressional district results

Precinct results

Cruz: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
O'Rourke: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Tie: 40–50% 50% No data

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The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz secured a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke. The primary for all parties was held on March 6, 2018, making it the first primary of the 2018 season.[2] As Cruz and O'Rourke both won majorities in their primaries, they did not participate in the May 22 runoff primary that was held for some nominations in Texas.[3]

No Democrat has won a general election for statewide office in Texas since Bob Bullock was reelected as lieutenant governor in 1994, with election forecasters declaring it a safe Republican seat at the beginning of the 2018 cycle.[4] However, O'Rourke gradually closed the gap,[5] and leading up to the election, the race was considered unexpectedly competitive.[6]

On Election Day, Cruz defeated O'Rourke[7] by a margin just short of 215,000 votes, or 2.6 percent; the race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Texas since 1978.[8]

## Background

[edit]

Main article: Politics of Texas

In 2012, after a stunning upset victory in the Republican primary, then-Solicitor General of Texas Ted Cruz defeated former member of the Texas House of Representatives Paul Sadler by a 16-point margin (56%–40%). Texas has not elected a Democratic senator since 1988. As conservatives began turning to the Republican Party in once strongly Democratic areas, Democratic voters in the state were largely based in the majority-Hispanic communities in Southern Texas and in populous metropolitan cities, such as Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas, as well as the heavily Hispanic city of El Paso on the state's western tip, which O'Rourke represented in the U.S. House.

Since 1990, Texas has voted for Republican statewide candidates in all elections, whether it be presidential, gubernatorial, or senatorial, often by large margins. In 1998, Governor George W. Bush won re-election by 37 points over his Democratic challenger, Garry Mauro. In 2000, Governor Bush won Texas by 21 points over Vice President Al Gore. In 2004, President Bush won Texas over Senator John Kerry by 23 points, winning rural areas by landslide margins, capturing urban zones, and coming very close to winning the Latino vote (49% to Kerry's 50%). Democrat Barack Obama was defeated by margins of 12 points in 2008, against John McCain, and 16 points in 2012, against Mitt Romney, respectively. However, in 2016, Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton by only a 9-point margin, demonstrating a possible shift away from the Safe Republican status it had held for over a decade. This has led Democrats to begin targeting Texas as a potential future swing state. It should also be noted that Ted Cruz defeated Donald Trump in the Texas Republican primary for U.S. president in 2016.

As of June 2018, Senator Cruz held a 49%–44% approval rating among Texans in a state Donald Trump won by 9 points against Hillary Clinton in 2016. Among groups that tend to affiliate themselves more with the Democratic Party, Senator Cruz held a 29% approval rating among Hispanics, 37% among women, and 42% among college-educated voters.[9]

## Republican primary

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### Candidates

[edit]

#### Nominee

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* Ted Cruz, incumbent U.S. Senator and former candidate for president in 2016[10]

#### Eliminated in primary

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* Stefano de Stefano, attorney[11]
* Bruce Jacobson, television producer[12]
* Mary Miller, CPA[13]
* Geraldine Sam, former mayor of La Marque[14][15]

#### Failed to qualify

[edit]

* Thomas Dillingham, businessman[16]

#### Withdrew

[edit]

* Dan McQueen, former mayor of Corpus Christi[17][18]

#### Declined

[edit]

* George P. Bush, Texas Land Commissioner (running for re-election)[19][20]
* Michael McCaul, U.S. representative[21][22][11]
* Dan Patrick, lieutenant governor of Texas (running for re-election)[23][24]
* Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, former governor of Texas and candidate for president in 2012 and 2016[25]
* Katrina Pierson, national spokesperson for the Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016 and candidate for House district TX-32 in 2014[24]

### Endorsements

[edit]

Bruce Jacobson

Individuals

* Dan McQueen, former mayor of Corpus Christi[18]

Stefano de Stefano

Media

* The Bryan-College Station Eagle[26]
* Corpus Christi Caller Times[27]
* The Dallas Morning News[28]

### Polling

[edit]

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz  | Stefano
de Stefano  | Bruce
Jacobson  | Mary
Miller  | Geraldine
Sam  | Undecided

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Dixie Strategies[29] | February 22–23, 2018  | –  | ± 4.7%  | 73% | 1%  | 2%  | 2%  | 1%  | 21%
University of Texas[30] | February 1–12, 2018  | 612  | ± 5.3%  | 91% | 1%  | 3%  | 3%  | 2%  | –

Hypothetical polling

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz  | Michael
McCaul  | Other  | Undecided

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Dixie Strategies[31] | September 29 – October 1, 2016  | 321  | ± 3.5%  | 52% | 12%  | 7%  | 29%
Public Policy Polling[32] | August 12–14, 2016  | 522  | –  | 51% | 19%  | –  | 31%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz  | George P.
Bush  | Other  | Undecided

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Dixie Strategies[33] | August 8–9, 2016  | 448  | –  | 40% | 21%  | 12%  | 27%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz  | Dan
Patrick  | Other  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[32] | August 12–14, 2016  | 522  | –  | 49% | 27%  | –  | 24%
Dixie Strategies[33] | August 8–9, 2016  | 448  | –  | 38% | 23%  | 15%  | 24%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz  | Rick
Perry  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[32] | August 12–14, 2016  | 522  | –  | 37%  | 46% | 18%

### Results

[edit]

County results of the Republican primary

Cruz

* Cruz—>90%

* Cruz—80–90%

* Cruz—70–80%

No votes

Republican primary results[34] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Ted Cruz (incumbent)  | 1,322,724  | 85.36%
| Republican | Mary Miller  | 94,715  | 6.11%
| Republican | Bruce Jacobson Jr.  | 64,791  | 4.18%
| Republican | Stefano de Stefano  | 44,456  | 2.87%
| Republican | Geraldine Sam  | 22,887  | 1.48%
Total votes  | 1,549,573  | 100%

## Democratic primary

[edit]

### Candidates

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#### Nominee

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* Beto O'Rourke, U.S. representative[35][36][37]

#### Eliminated in primary

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* Sema Hernandez, activist and organizer for the Poor People's Campaign, baseball coach and small business owner[38]
* Edward Kimbrough[39]

#### Declined

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* Joaquin Castro, U.S. representative[40]
* Julian Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Mayor of San Antonio[41]
* Wendy Davis, former state senator and nominee for governor in 2014[42]

### Endorsements

[edit]

Beto O'Rourke

Newspapers

* The Dallas Morning News[43]
* Houston Chronicle[44]

Organizations

* End Citizens United[45]
* Equality Texas[45]
* Houston GLBT Political Caucus[46]
* J Street PAC[45]
* League of Conservation Voters[45]
* MoveOn.org Political Action[45]
* National Education Association[45]
* Stonewall Democrats of Dallas[47]
* Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio[48]
* Texas AFL-CIO[45]

Sema Hernandez

Individuals

* Lee Camp, host of Redacted Tonight[49]

### Polling

[edit]

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Sema
Hernandez  | Edward
Kimbrough  | Beto
O'Rourke  | Undecided

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Dixie Strategies[29] | February 22–23, 2018  | –  | ± 5.7%  | 6%  | 4%  | 38% | 53%
University of Texas[30] | February 1–12, 2018  | 453  | ± 7.4%  | 19%  | 8%  | 73% | –

### Results

[edit]

County results of the Democratic primary for Class 1 United States Senate in Texas, 2018

O'Rourke

* O'Rourke—>90%

* O'Rourke—80–90%

* O'Rourke—70–80%

* O'Rourke—60–70%

* O'Rourke—50–60%

* O'Rourke—40–50%

* O'Rourke—<40%

* Kimbrough / O'Rourke—50%

O'Rourke/Hernandez tie

* O'Rourke/Hernandez tie—<50%

O'Rourke/Kimbrough tie

* O'Rourke/Kimbrough tie—50%

Hernandez

* Hernandez—>90%

* Hernandez—80–90%

* Hernandez—70–80%

* Hernandez—60–70%

* Hernandez—50–60%

* Hernandez—40–50%

* Hernandez—<40%

Kimbrough

* Kimbrough—<40%

* Kimbrough—40–50%

* Kimbrough—50–60%

* Kimbrough—60–70%

* Kimbrough—70–80%

* Kimbrough—80–90%

* Kimbrough—>90%

Democratic primary results[50] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 644,632  | 61.81%
| Democratic | Sema Hernandez  | 247,424  | 23.72%
| Democratic | Edward Kimbrough  | 150,858  | 14.47%
Total votes  | 1,042,914  | 100%

## Libertarian nomination

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### Candidates

[edit]

#### Nominated

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* Neal Dikeman, businessman[51][52]

## Independents

[edit]

### Candidates

[edit]

#### Declared

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* Carl Bible, nurse[53]
* Jonathan Jenkins, tech entrepreneur[54][55]
* Bob McNeil, businessman[56] (American Citizen Party)[a]

#### Declined

[edit]

* Matthew Dowd, former strategist for President George W. Bush[58][59]

#### Notes

[edit]

1. ^ American Citizen Party does not have ballot access. Appears on ballot as "Independent".[57]

## General election

[edit]

### Predictions

[edit]

Source  | Ranking  | As of

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The Cook Political Report[60] | Tossup  | October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[61] | Likely R  | November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[62] | Lean R  | November 5, 2018
CNN[63] | Lean R | October 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[64] | Lean R  | November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[65] | Lean R | October 5, 2018
Fox News[66][a] | Lean R | October 30, 2018

Notes

1. ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

### Debates

[edit]

* Complete video of debate, September 21, 2018
* Complete video of debate, October 16, 2018

### Endorsements

[edit]

Ted Cruz (R)

U.S. executive branch officials

* Mike Pence, 48th vice president of the United States[67]
* Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States[68][69]

';U.S. senators

* John Cornyn, U.S. Senate Majority Whip (TX)[70]
* Dan Sullivan, U. S. senator (AK)

U.S. representatives

* Kevin Brady, U.S. representative (TX 8th district) and chair of the House Ways and Means Committee[71]
* Bill Flores, U.S. representative (TX 17th district)[72]

State officials

* Greg Abbott, governor of Texas[73]
* George P. Bush, Land Commissioner of Texas[74]
* Wayne Christian. Texas Railroad Commissioner[75]
* Ryan Sitton, Texas Railroad Commissioner[76]

Texas state senators

* Konni Burton, state senator (10th district)[77]
* Charles Perry, state denator (28th district)[78]

Texas state representatives

* Cecil Bell Jr., state representative (3rd district)[79]
* Jeff Leach, state representative (67th district)[80]
* Matt Rinaldi, state representative (115th district)[81]
* Jonathan Stickland, state representative (92nd district)[82]
* Valoree Swanson, state representative (150th district)

Local officeholders

* Tracy Murphree, sheriff of Denton County since 2017 and former Texas Ranger[83]

Individuals

* Diamond and Silk, social media personalities and political activists[84]
* Joe Gamaldi, president of the Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)[85]
* Sean Hannity, conservative talk radio host and television host of Hannity on Fox News[86]
* Ray Hunt, past HPOU president[85]
* Laura Ingraham, television and radio talk show host[87]
* Mark Levin, radio personality and author[88]
* Donald Trump Jr., executive director of The Trump Organization and eldest child of President Donald Trump[89]
* James Woods, actor[90]

Labor unions

* San Antonio Police Officers Association[91]

Organizations

* Campaign for Working Families[92]
* Citizens Against Government Waste[93]
* Club for Growth[94]
* Empower Texans[95]
* NRA Political Victory Fund[96]
* Senate Conservatives Fund[97]
* Tea Party Patriots[98]

Beto O'Rourke (D)

U.S. executive branch officials

* John O. Brennan, 5th director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2013–2017)[99]
* Julian Castro, 16th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014–2017)[100]

U.S. senators

* Cory Booker, U.S. Senator from New Jersey[101]
* Catherine Cortez Masto, U.S. Senator from Nevada[102]
* Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Senate Minority Whip[103]
* Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator from New York[104]
* Kamala Harris, U.S. Senator from California[105]
* Maggie Hassan, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire[106]
* Chris Murphy, U.S. Senator from Connecticut[107]
* Patty Murray, U.S. Senator from Washington[108]
* Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator from New York and Senate Minority Leader[109]
* Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts[110]

U.S. representatives

* Joaquín Castro, U.S. representative (TX-20th district)[100]
* Lloyd Doggett, U.S. representative (TX-35th district))[111]
* Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. representative (HI-2nd district))[112]
* Eddie Bernice Johnson, U.S. representative (TX-30th district)[113]
* Joe Kennedy III, U.S. representative (MA-4th district)[114]
* Ted Lieu, U.S. representative (CA-33rd district)[115]
* Marc Veasey, U.S. representative (TX-33rd district)[116]

Texas state senators

* Wendy Davis, former state senator (D-10th district) and 2014 Democratic nominee for governor of Texas[117]

Texas state representatives

* Chris Turner, state representative (101st district) and chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus[118]

Local officeholders

* Lupe Valdez, former sheriff of Dallas County and 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Texas[119]
* Jenny Wilson, Salt Lake County Councilwoman and candidate for U.S. Senate in Utah in 2018[120]

Individuals

* Judd Apatow, film director[121]
* Bun B, rapper[122]
* Kevin Bacon, actor[123]
* Leon Bridges, singer[124]
* Connie Britton, actress[125]
* Win Butler, musician[126]
* Scott Campbell, executive director of Elton John AIDS Foundation[127]
* Jim Carrey, actor and comedian[128]
* Kevin Conroy, voice actor[129]
* Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and television host[130]
* Tate Donovan, actor and film director[125]
* Anthony Fantano, music critic, video producer, journalist, and creator of The Needle Drop[131]
* Jason Flom, chief executive officer of Lava Records[132]
* Arian Foster, former NFL running back[133]
* Vicente Fox, 55th president of Mexico[134]
* Jim Gianopulos, chairman and chief executive officer of Paramount Pictures[125]
* Shakey Graves, singer[135]
* Jonathan Groff, actor and singer[132]
* Jake Gyllenhaal, actor[136]
* Chelsea Handler, comedian and actress[137]
* Steve Hely, writer[132]
* John Iadarola, host of The Young Turks[138]
* LeBron James, NBA player[139]
* Rian Johnson, film director[125]
* Kelly Jones, ex-wife of Alex Jones[140]
* Ana Kasparian, host of The Young Turks[141]
* Stephen King, author[142]
* Pat Klous, actress[125]
* Beyoncé Knowles, singer[143]
* John Leguizamo, actor[144]
* Lawrence Lessig, academic, attorney, and political activist[145]
* William Li, Ralph Lauren Corporation global brand president[127]
* Eva Longoria, actress[146]
* Phil Lord, film director[125]
* Bill Maher, comedian and political commentator[147]
* Stephanie March, actress[127]
* Craig Mazin, screenwriter[148]
* Alyssa Milano, actress and activist[149]
* David Mixner, civil rights activist[127]
* Willie Nelson, singer and activist[150]
* Thao Nguyen, singer-songwriter[125]
* Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic nominee for New York's 14th congressional district[151]
* Bob Odenkirk, actor[125]
* Rosie O'Donnell, comedian and actress[152]
* Richard Painter, University of Minnesota Twin Cities law professor, former George W. Bush White House ethics lawyer and candidate for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2018[153]
* David Pakman, political commentator[154]
* Sarah Jessica Parker, actress[155]
* Ron Perlman, actor[156]
* Aubrey Plaza, actress[125]
* Gregg Popovich, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs[157]
* Alan Rosenberg, screen actor[125]
* Rick Rosenthal, film producer[125]
* Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group[125]
* Paul Rudd, actor[127]
* Mark Ruffalo, actor[158]
* Steve Schmidt, Republican political strategist, campaign manager of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign[159]
* Amy Schumer, actress[160]
* Travis Scott, rapper[161]
* Amy Siskind, activist and writer[162]
* Nancy Stephens, actress[125]
* Tara Strong, voice actress and activist[163]
* Michael Urie, actor[127]
* Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks[164]
* Shea Whigham, actor[132]
* Andrew White, businessman; son of former Texas Governor Mark White; candidate for the 2018 gubernatorial Democratic nomination[165]

Labor unions

* American Federation of Government Employees[166]
* National Education Association[167]
* National Nurses United[168]
* Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation[169]
* Texas State AFL-CIO[170]
* Texas State Teachers Association[171]
* TSAFF-Texas State Association of Firefighters
* United Automobile Workers[172]

Organizations

* Council for a Livable World[173][174]
* End Citizens United[175]
* Equality Texas[176]
* Feminist Majority Political Action Committee[177]
* Houston LGBT Political Caucus[178]
* Human Rights Campaign[179]
* J Street[180]
* Jolt Texas[181]
* League of Conservation Voters Action Fund[182]
* MoveOn.org[183]
* NARAL Pro-Choice America[184]
* National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws PAC[185]
* Our Revolution[186]
* Population Connection[187]
* Progress Texas[188]
* Progressive Change Campaign Committee[189]
* Sierra Club[190]
* Stonewall Democrats of Dallas[191]
* Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio[192]

Newspapers

* The Austin Chronicle[193]
* Corpus Christi Caller-Times[194]
* Dallas Morning News[195]
* El Paso Times[196]
* Fort Worth Star-Telegram[197]
* Houston Chronicle[198]
* Longview News-Journal[199]
* San Antonio Express-News[200]

### Fundraising

[edit]

In the third quarter of 2018, O'Rourke raised $38.1 million. This was the largest quarterly total raised by a U.S. Senate candidate[201] until Jaime Harrison raised $57 million in the third quarter of 2020 in the South Carolina election.[202] Cruz and O'Rourke combined to raise a record-setting total of $126 million during the 2018 campaign.[203][204]

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2018

Candidate (party)  | Total receipts  | Total disbursements  | Cash on hand
Ted Cruz (R)  | $45,668,718  | $45,990,176  | $157,959
Beto O'Rourke (D)  | $80,344,836  | $80,458,720  | $284,816
Neal Dikeman (L)  | $33,732  | $33,398  | $333
Source: Federal Election Commission[204]

### Polling

[edit]

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz (R)  | Beto
O'Rourke (D)  | Neal
Dikeman (L)  | Other  | Undecided

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Trafalgar Group (R)[205] | November 3–5, 2018  | 2,135  | ± 2.1%  | 52% | 43%  | –  | 1%  | 4%
Change Research (D-Reason to Believe PAC)[206] | November 1–2, 2018  | 1,211  | –  | 49% | 49% | 1%  | –  | –
Emerson College[207] | October 28–30, 2018  | 781  | ± 3.7%  | 50% | 47%  | 1%  | –  | 2%
Quinnipiac University[208] | October 22–28, 2018  | 1,078  | ± 3.5%  | 51% | 46%  | –  | 1%  | 3%
University of Texas Tyler[209] | October 15–28, 2018  | 905 LV  | –  | 47% | 43%  | –  | 4%  | 6%
1,033 RV  | ± 3.0%  | 47% | 42%  | –  | 4%  | 8%
Dixie Strategies[210] | October 25–26, 2018  | 588  | ± 4.0%  | 52% | 42%  | –  | –  | 5%
GBA Strategies (D-End Citizens United)[211] | October 18–21, 2018  | 1,000  | ± 4.0%  | 50% | 46%  | 2%  | –  | 2%
University of Texas/YouGov[212] | October 15–21, 2018  | 927  | ± 3.2%  | 51% | 45%  | 2%  | 2%  | –
Ipsos[213] | October 12–18, 2018  | 1,298  | ± 3.2%  | 49% | 44%  | –  | 3%  | 1%
Tulchin Research (D-MoveOn)[214] | October 10–14, 2018  | 600  | ± 4.0%  | 49% | 45%  | 3%  | –  | 3%
CNN/SSRS[215] | October 9–13, 2018  | 716 LV  | ± 4.5%  | 52% | 45%  | –  | 0%  | 2%
862 RV  | ± 4.1%  | 50% | 45%  | –  | 0%  | 3%
WPA Intelligence (R-Club for Growth)[216] | October 8–13, 2018  | 801  | ± 3.5%  | 52% | 43%  | 1%  | –  | 4%
NYT Upshot/Siena College[217] | October 8–11, 2018  | 800  | ± 3.6%  | 51% | 43%  | 1%  | –  | 5%
Quinnipiac University[218] | October 3–9, 2018  | 730  | ± 4.4%  | 54% | 45%  | –  | 0%  | 2%
YouGov[219] | October 2–5, 2018  | 881  | –  | 50% | 44%  | –  | 2%  | 4%
Emerson College[220] | October 1–5, 2018  | 500  | ± 4.5%  | 47% | 42%  | –  | 3%  | 8%
Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care)[221] | September 19–20, 2018  | 613  | ± 4.0%  | 48% | 45%  | –  | –  | 8%
Public Policy Polling (D-End Citizens United)[222] | September 19–20, 2018  | 603  | ± 4.0%  | 49% | 46%  | –  | –  | 5%
Vox Populi Polling[223] | September 16–18, 2018  | 508  | ± 4.4%  | 50% | 50% | –  | –  | –
Quinnipiac University[224] | September 11–17, 2018  | 807  | ± 4.1%  | 54% | 45%  | –  | 0%  | 1%
Chism Strategies (D-Reform Austin)[225] | September 11–12, 2018  | 1,161  | ± 3.0%  | 49% | 45%  | –  | –  | 5%
Ipsos[226] | September 6–14, 2018  | 992  | ± 4.0%  | 45%  | 47% | –  | 3%  | 5%
Crosswind Media & Public Relations[227] | September 6–9, 2018  | 800  | ± 4.0%  | 47% | 44%  | –  | –  | –
Dixie Strategies[228] | September 6–7, 2018  | 519  | ± 4.3%  | 46% | 42%  | 1%  | –  | 11%
Emerson College[229] | August 22–25, 2018  | 550  | ± 4.4%  | 38% | 37%  | –  | 4%  | 21%
NBC News/Marist[230] | August 12–16, 2018  | 759  | ± 3.8%  | 49% | 45%  | –  | 1%  | 6%
Civiqs[231][a] | August 8–11, 2018  | –[b] | –  | 47%  | 48% | –  | –  | –
Public Policy Polling (D-End Citizens United)[232] | August 1–2, 2018  | 797  | ± 3.5%  | 46% | 42%  | –  | –  | –
Quinnipiac University[233] | July 26–31, 2018  | 1,118  | ± 3.5%  | 49% | 43%  | –  | 0%  | 6%
Texas Lyceum[234] | July 9–26, 2018  | 441 LV  | ± 4.7%  | 41% | 39%  | 1%  | –  | 19%
806 RV  | ± 3.5%  | 36% | 34%  | 3%  | –  | 24%
Gravis Marketing[235] | July 3–7, 2018  | 602  | ± 4.0%  | 51% | 42%  | –  | –  | 7%
YouGov[236] | June 19–22, 2018  | 821 LV  | –  | 50% | 40%  | –  | 3%  | 7%
1,025 RV  | ± 3.6%  | 44% | 36%  | –  | 3%  | 13%
University of Texas/YouGov[237] | June 8–17, 2018  | 1,200  | ± 2.8%  | 41% | 36%  | 2%  | 3%  | 17%
GQR Research (D-End Citizens United)[238] | May 29 – June 5, 2018  | 1,000  | ± 3.1%  | 49% | 43%  | –  | –  | 8%
Quinnipiac University[239] | May 23–29, 2018  | 961  | ± 3.8%  | 50% | 39%  | –  | 0%  | 9%
Baselice & Associates (R-TLRPAC)[240] | May 21–28, 2018  | 601  | ± 4.1%  | 48% | 36%  | 3%  | 1%  | 11%
Public Policy Polling (D-Giffords)[241] | May 21–22, 2018  | 861  | ± 3.3%  | 48% | 42%  | –  | –  | 10%
JMC Analytics (R-Red Metrics Group)[242] | May 19–21, 2018  | 575  | ± 4.1%  | 47% | 40%  | –  | 6%[243] | 7%
Quinnipiac University[244] | April 12–17, 2018  | 1,029  | ± 3.6%  | 47% | 44%  | –  | 1%  | 8%
Public Policy Polling (D-End Citizens United)[245] | January 17–18, 2018  | 757  | ± 3.6%  | 45% | 37%  | –  | –  | 18%
WPA Intelligence (R-Cruz)[246] | December 12–14, 2017  | 600  | ± 4.0%  | 52% | 34%  | –  | 1%  | 13%
Texas Lyceum[247] | April 3–9, 2017  | 1,000  | ± 3.1%  | 30% | 30% | –  | 3%  | 37%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz (R)  | Joaquin
Castro (D)  | Other  | Undecided

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Texas Lyceum[247] | April 3–9, 2017  | 1,000  | ± 3.1%  | 31%  | 35% | 3%  | 31%
Public Policy Polling[32] | August 12–14, 2016  | 944  | ± 3.2%  | 48% | 36%  | –  | 16%
Dixie Strategies[33] | August 8–9, 2016  | 1,018  | ± 3.1%  | 32% | 31%  | 14%  | 23%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin
of error  | Ted
Cruz (R)  | Wendy
Davis (D)  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[32] | August 12–14, 2016  | 944  | ± 3.2%  | 49% | 37%  | 14%

### Results

[edit]

On November 6, 2018, Ted Cruz defeated Beto O'Rourke. However, O'Rourke performed unexpectedly well, outperforming pre-election polling.[248] In addition, O'Rourke flipped numerous counties that Donald Trump carried in 2016, including Williamson (includes Round Rock and Georgetown), historically conservative Tarrant (includes Fort Worth and suburbs within the DFW metroplex), Jefferson (includes Beaumont and Port Arthur), Nueces (includes Corpus Christi), sparsely populated Brewster (includes Big Bend National Park), and Hays (includes San Marcos). Cruz won only one county that voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, sparsely populated Kenedy (coastal region south of Corpus Christi).

2018 United States Senate election in Texas[249] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Republican | Ted Cruz (incumbent)  | 4,260,553  | 50.89%  | −5.57%
| Democratic | Beto O'Rourke | 4,045,632  | 48.33%  | +7.71%
| Libertarian | Neal Dikeman  | 65,470  | 0.78%  | −1.28%
Total votes  | 8,371,655  | 100%  | N/A
| Republican hold

#### By county

[edit]

Legend  Counties won by Cruz

Counties won by O'Rourke

2018 U.S. Senate election results by Texas county  County  | Cruz
Republican  | O'Rourke
Democratic  | Dikeman
Libertarian  | Margin  | Total
votes

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Votes  | %  | Votes  | %  | Votes  | %  | Votes  | %
Anderson | 11,335 | 76.92% | 3,307 | 22.44% | 94 | 0.64% | 8,028 | 54.48% | 14,736
Andrews | 3,338 | 80.80% | 776 | 18.78% | 17 | 0.41% | 2,562 | 62.02% | 4,131
Angelina | 19,166 | 72.46% | 7,130 | 26.96% | 153 | 0.58% | 12,036 | 45.51% | 26,449
Aransas | 6,677 | 74.35% | 2,247 | 25.02% | 56 | 0.62% | 4,430 | 49.33% | 8,980
Archer | 3,208 | 89.06% | 376 | 10.44% | 18 | 0.50% | 2,832 | 78.62% | 3,602
Armstrong | 819 | 91.10% | 74 | 8.23% | 6 | 0.67% | 745 | 82.87% | 899
Atascosa | 7,753 | 63.53% | 4,332 | 35.50% | 119 | 0.98% | 3,421 | 28.03% | 12,204
Austin | 8,722 | 78.95% | 2,241 | 20.29% | 84 | 0.76% | 6,481 | 58.67% | 11,047
Bailey | 1,204 | 74.50% | 405 | 25.06% | 7 | 0.43% | 799 | 49.44% | 1,616
Bandera | 7,643 | 79.75% | 1,865 | 19.46% | 76 | 0.79% | 5,778 | 60.29% | 9,584
Bastrop | 15,067 | 54.87% | 12,082 | 44.00% | 312 | 1.14% | 2,985 | 10.87% | 27,461
Baylor | 1,070 | 86.64% | 156 | 12.63% | 9 | 0.73% | 914 | 74.01% | 1,235
Bee | 4,342 | 60.16% | 2,811 | 38.95% | 64 | 0.89% | 1,531 | 21.21% | 7,217
Bell | 47,437 | 54.79% | 38,417 | 44.37% | 723 | 0.84% | 9,020 | 10.42% | 86,577
Bexar | 217,600 | 39.59% | 326,946 | 59.49% | 5,024 | 0.91% | 109,346 | 19.90% | 549,570
Blanco | 4,181 | 71.99% | 1,570 | 27.03% | 57 | 0.98% | 2,611 | 44.96% | 5,808
Borden | 320 | 93.29% | 22 | 6.41% | 1 | 0.29% | 298 | 86.88% | 343
Bosque | 5,718 | 79.92% | 1,374 | 19.20% | 63 | 0.88% | 4,344 | 60.71% | 7,155
Bowie | 20,157 | 71.17% | 7,982 | 28.18% | 182 | 0.64% | 12,175 | 42.99% | 28,321
Brazoria | 65,693 | 58.78% | 45,228 | 40.47% | 832 | 0.74% | 20,465 | 18.31% | 111,753
Brazos | 35,971 | 55.78% | 27,876 | 43.23% | 640 | 0.99% | 8,095 | 12.55% | 64,487
Brewster | 1,879 | 45.99% | 2,147 | 52.55% | 60 | 1.47% | 268 | 6.56% | 4,086
Briscoe | 553 | 88.62% | 69 | 11.06% | 2 | 0.32% | 484 | 77.56% | 624
Brooks | 543 | 28.24% | 1,376 | 71.55% | 4 | 0.21% | 833 | 43.32% | 1,923
Brown | 10,391 | 85.65% | 1,670 | 13.77% | 71 | 0.59% | 8,721 | 71.88% | 12,132
Burleson | 5,079 | 77.53% | 1,427 | 21.78% | 45 | 0.69% | 3,652 | 55.75% | 6,551
Burnet | 13,859 | 74.95% | 4,444 | 24.03% | 187 | 1.01% | 9,415 | 50.92% | 18,490
Caldwell | 6,147 | 53.54% | 5,227 | 45.53% | 107 | 0.93% | 920 | 8.01% | 11,481
Calhoun | 4,198 | 68.61% | 1,874 | 30.63% | 47 | 0.77% | 2,324 | 37.98% | 6,119
Callahan | 4,373 | 87.06% | 610 | 12.14% | 40 | 0.80% | 3,763 | 74.92% | 5,023
Cameron | 28,574 | 36.67% | 48,770 | 62.60% | 568 | 0.73% | 20,196 | 25.92% | 77,912
Camp | 2,749 | 70.63% | 1,119 | 28.75% | 24 | 0.62% | 1,630 | 41.88% | 3,892
Carson | 2,192 | 89.14% | 245 | 9.96% | 22 | 0.89% | 1,947 | 79.18% | 2,459
Cass | 8,148 | 79.75% | 2,024 | 19.81% | 45 | 0.44% | 6,124 | 59.94% | 10,217
Castro | 1,219 | 75.11% | 394 | 24.28% | 10 | 0.62% | 825 | 50.83% | 1,623
Chambers | 12,146 | 80.01% | 2,926 | 19.27% | 109 | 0.72% | 9,220 | 60.73% | 15,181
Cherokee | 11,631 | 77.85% | 3,207 | 21.46% | 103 | 0.69% | 8,424 | 56.38% | 14,941
Childress | 1,526 | 86.21% | 236 | 13.33% | 8 | 0.45% | 1,290 | 72.88% | 1,770
Clay | 3,710 | 86.52% | 547 | 12.76% | 31 | 0.72% | 3,163 | 73.76% | 4,288
Cochran | 541 | 78.86% | 140 | 20.41% | 5 | 0.73% | 401 | 58.45% | 686
Coke | 1,150 | 88.67% | 137 | 10.56% | 10 | 0.77% | 1,013 | 78.10% | 1,297
Coleman | 2,759 | 88.26% | 351 | 11.23% | 16 | 0.51% | 2,408 | 77.03% | 3,126
Collin | 187,245 | 52.63% | 165,614 | 46.55% | 2,927 | 0.82% | 21,631 | 6.08% | 355,786
Collingsworth | 810 | 87.28% | 113 | 12.18% | 5 | 0.54% | 697 | 75.11% | 928
Colorado | 5,779 | 75.67% | 1,825 | 23.90% | 33 | 0.43% | 3,954 | 51.77% | 7,637
Comal | 44,079 | 71.68% | 16,830 | 27.37% | 586 | 0.95% | 27,249 | 44.31% | 61,495
Comanche | 3,799 | 82.41% | 781 | 16.94% | 30 | 0.65% | 3,018 | 65.47% | 4,610
Concho | 803 | 81.94% | 163 | 16.63% | 14 | 1.43% | 640 | 65.31% | 980
Cooke | 11,879 | 81.70% | 2,550 | 17.54% | 111 | 0.76% | 9,329 | 64.16% | 14,540
Coryell | 10,626 | 66.99% | 5,067 | 31.94% | 170 | 1.07% | 5,559 | 35.04% | 15,863
Cottle | 458 | 82.23% | 97 | 17.41% | 2 | 0.36% | 361 | 64.81% | 557
Crane | 836 | 79.24% | 213 | 20.19% | 6 | 0.57% | 623 | 59.05% | 1,055
Crockett | 928 | 72.73% | 340 | 26.65% | 8 | 0.63% | 588 | 46.08% | 1,276
Crosby | 978 | 68.78% | 437 | 30.73% | 7 | 0.49% | 541 | 38.05% | 1,422
Culberson | 297 | 35.91% | 521 | 63.00% | 9 | 1.09% | 224 | 27.09% | 827
Dallam | 970 | 87.00% | 139 | 12.47% | 6 | 0.54% | 831 | 74.53% | 1,115
Dallas | 241,126 | 33.13% | 481,395 | 66.14% | 5,368 | 0.74% | 240,269 | 33.01% | 727,889
Dawson | 2,192 | 72.70% | 811 | 26.90% | 12 | 0.40% | 1,381 | 45.80% | 3,015
Deaf Smith | 2,680 | 70.99% | 1,067 | 28.26% | 28 | 0.74% | 1,613 | 42.73% | 3,775
Delta | 1,562 | 80.85% | 354 | 18.32% | 16 | 0.83% | 1,208 | 62.53% | 1,932
Denton | 158,744 | 53.67% | 134,649 | 45.52% | 2,409 | 0.81% | 24,095 | 8.15% | 295,802
Dewitt | 4,974 | 81.13% | 1,128 | 18.40% | 29 | 0.47% | 3,846 | 62.73% | 6,131
Dickens | 635 | 84.22% | 113 | 14.99% | 6 | 0.80% | 522 | 69.23% | 754
Dimmit | 840 | 29.03% | 2,042 | 70.56% | 12 | 0.41% | 1,202 | 41.53% | 2,894
Donley | 1,110 | 86.79% | 161 | 12.59% | 8 | 0.63% | 949 | 74.20% | 1,279
Duval | 1,330 | 32.34% | 2,765 | 67.23% | 18 | 0.44% | 1,435 | 34.89% | 4,113
Eastland | 5,377 | 86.66% | 800 | 12.89% | 28 | 0.45% | 4,577 | 73.76% | 6,205
Ector | 20,996 | 68.90% | 9,230 | 30.29% | 248 | 0.81% | 11,766 | 38.61% | 30,474
Edwards | 604 | 79.79% | 145 | 19.15% | 8 | 1.06% | 459 | 60.63% | 757
Ellis | 41,022 | 67.71% | 19,106 | 31.53% | 461 | 0.76% | 21,916 | 36.17% | 60,589
El Paso | 50,943 | 25.02% | 151,482 | 74.40% | 1,189 | 0.58% | 100,539 | 49.38% | 203,614
Erath | 10,055 | 79.64% | 2,486 | 19.69% | 84 | 0.66% | 7,569 | 59.95% | 12,625
Falls | 3,215 | 68.70% | 1,445 | 30.88% | 20 | 0.43% | 1,770 | 37.82% | 4,680
Fannin | 8,569 | 79.71% | 2,107 | 19.60% | 74 | 0.69% | 6,462 | 60.11% | 10,750
Fayette | 8,228 | 78.52% | 2,198 | 20.98% | 53 | 0.51% | 6,030 | 57.54% | 10,479
Fisher | 1,139 | 76.24% | 340 | 22.76% | 15 | 1.00% | 799 | 53.48% | 1,494
Floyd | 1,394 | 74.19% | 476 | 25.33% | 9 | 0.48% | 918 | 48.86% | 1,879
Foard | 321 | 73.79% | 113 | 25.98% | 1 | 0.23% | 208 | 47.82% | 435
Fort Bend | 111,423 | 43.62% | 142,399 | 55.75% | 1,616 | 0.63% | 30,976 | 12.13% | 255,438
Franklin | 3,300 | 83.04% | 639 | 16.08% | 35 | 0.88% | 2,661 | 66.96% | 3,974
Freestone | 5,243 | 79.90% | 1,279 | 19.49% | 40 | 0.61% | 3,964 | 60.41% | 6,562
Frio | 1,636 | 44.46% | 2,016 | 54.78% | 28 | 0.76% | 380 | 10.33% | 3,680
Gaines | 3,317 | 86.18% | 513 | 13.33% | 19 | 0.49% | 2,804 | 72.85% | 3,849
Galveston | 67,641 | 59.53% | 45,065 | 39.66% | 916 | 0.81% | 22,576 | 19.87% | 113,622
Garza | 1,068 | 82.98% | 203 | 15.77% | 16 | 1.24% | 865 | 67.21% | 1,287
Gillespie | 9,890 | 78.85% | 2,572 | 20.51% | 81 | 0.65% | 7,318 | 58.34% | 12,543
Glasscock | 513 | 92.60% | 37 | 6.68% | 4 | 0.72% | 476 | 85.92% | 554
Goliad | 2,326 | 75.72% | 717 | 23.34% | 29 | 0.94% | 1,609 | 52.38% | 3,072
Gonzales | 4,173 | 74.19% | 1,421 | 25.26% | 31 | 0.55% | 2,752 | 48.92% | 5,625
Gray | 5,246 | 88.90% | 615 | 10.42% | 40 | 0.68% | 4,631 | 78.48% | 5,901
Grayson | 31,655 | 73.37% | 11,157 | 25.86% | 332 | 0.77% | 20,498 | 47.51% | 43,144
Gregg | 24,569 | 68.37% | 11,133 | 30.98% | 234 | 0.65% | 13,436 | 37.39% | 35,936
Grimes | 6,499 | 75.51% | 2,037 | 23.67% | 71 | 0.82% | 4,462 | 51.84% | 8,607
Guadalupe | 33,938 | 62.19% | 20,079 | 36.79% | 554 | 1.02% | 13,859 | 25.40% | 54,571
Hale | 5,360 | 72.51% | 1,970 | 26.65% | 62 | 0.84% | 3,390 | 45.86% | 7,392
Hall | 807 | 83.11% | 161 | 16.58% | 3 | 0.31% | 646 | 66.53% | 971
Hamilton | 2,795 | 83.93% | 507 | 15.23% | 28 | 0.84% | 2,288 | 68.71% | 3,330
Hansford | 1,552 | 90.76% | 138 | 8.07% | 20 | 1.17% | 1,414 | 82.69% | 1,710
Hardeman | 973 | 83.73% | 185 | 15.92% | 4 | 0.34% | 788 | 67.81% | 1,162
Hardin | 17,391 | 86.53% | 2,636 | 13.12% | 71 | 0.35% | 14,755 | 73.42% | 20,098
Harris | 498,902 | 41.31% | 700,200 | 57.98% | 8,652 | 0.72% | 201,298 | 16.67% | 1,207,754
Harrison | 16,226 | 71.82% | 6,245 | 27.64% | 122 | 0.54% | 9,981 | 44.18% | 22,593
Hartley | 1,467 | 90.33% | 153 | 9.42% | 4 | 0.25% | 1,314 | 80.91% | 1,624
Haskell | 1,362 | 81.36% | 302 | 18.04% | 10 | 0.60% | 1,060 | 63.32% | 1,674
Hays | 33,308 | 41.77% | 45,584 | 57.16% | 854 | 1.07% | 12,276 | 15.39% | 79,746
Hemphill | 1,209 | 87.93% | 157 | 11.42% | 9 | 0.65% | 1,052 | 76.51% | 1,375
Henderson | 20,891 | 78.80% | 5,415 | 20.43% | 205 | 0.77% | 15,476 | 58.38% | 26,511
Hidalgo | 46,505 | 30.64% | 104,416 | 68.81% | 834 | 0.55% | 57,911 | 38.16% | 151,755
Hill | 8,927 | 78.08% | 2,443 | 21.37% | 63 | 0.55% | 6,484 | 56.71% | 11,433
Hockley | 4,844 | 79.49% | 1,211 | 19.87% | 39 | 0.64% | 3,633 | 59.62% | 6,094
Hood | 20,090 | 80.34% | 4,720 | 18.88% | 195 | 0.78% | 15,370 | 61.47% | 25,005
Hopkins | 9,306 | 78.07% | 2,545 | 21.35% | 69 | 0.58% | 6,761 | 56.72% | 11,920
Houston | 5,552 | 75.43% | 1,772 | 24.08% | 36 | 0.49% | 3,780 | 51.36% | 7,360
Howard | 5,651 | 76.32% | 1,693 | 22.87% | 60 | 0.81% | 3,958 | 53.46% | 7,404
Hudspeth | 509 | 54.56% | 407 | 43.62% | 17 | 1.82% | 102 | 10.93% | 933
Hunt | 21,115 | 74.12% | 7,151 | 25.10% | 222 | 0.78% | 13,964 | 49.02% | 28,488
Hutchinson | 5,854 | 88.14% | 753 | 11.34% | 35 | 0.53% | 5,101 | 76.80% | 6,642
Irion | 636 | 86.18% | 96 | 13.01% | 6 | 0.81% | 540 | 73.17% | 738
Jack | 2,498 | 88.80% | 296 | 10.52% | 19 | 0.68% | 2,202 | 78.28% | 2,813
Jackson | 3,991 | 82.46% | 832 | 17.19% | 17 | 0.35% | 3,159 | 65.27% | 4,840
Jasper | 9,504 | 80.32% | 2,282 | 19.29% | 47 | 0.40% | 7,222 | 61.03% | 11,833
Jeff Davis | 683 | 58.03% | 466 | 39.59% | 28 | 2.38% | 217 | 18.44% | 1,177
Jefferson | 36,731 | 49.48% | 37,128 | 50.01% | 380 | 0.51% | 397 | 0.53% | 74,239
Jim Hogg | 410 | 27.74% | 1,060 | 71.72% | 8 | 0.54% | 650 | 43.98% | 1,478
Jim Wells | 4,520 | 45.66% | 5,331 | 53.85% | 49 | 0.49% | 811 | 8.19% | 9,900
Johnson | 39,571 | 75.47% | 12,411 | 23.67% | 454 | 0.87% | 27,160 | 51.80% | 52,436
Jones | 4,115 | 82.56% | 832 | 16.69% | 37 | 0.74% | 3,283 | 65.87% | 4,984
Karnes | 2,900 | 70.12% | 1,203 | 29.09% | 33 | 0.80% | 1,697 | 41.03% | 4,136
Kaufman | 26,118 | 68.07% | 12,002 | 31.28% | 252 | 0.66% | 14,116 | 36.79% | 38,372
Kendall | 15,292 | 77.25% | 4,340 | 21.92% | 164 | 0.83% | 10,952 | 55.32% | 19,796
Kenedy | 100 | 55.56% | 77 | 42.78% | 3 | 1.67% | 23 | 12.78% | 180
Kent | 288 | 85.46% | 44 | 13.06% | 5 | 1.48% | 244 | 72.40% | 337
Kerr | 16,822 | 75.76% | 5,198 | 23.41% | 185 | 0.83% | 11,624 | 52.35% | 22,205
Kimble | 1,495 | 87.73% | 195 | 11.44% | 14 | 0.82% | 1,300 | 76.29% | 1,704
King | 124 | 94.66% | 6 | 4.58% | 1 | 0.76% | 118 | 90.08% | 131
Kinney | 827 | 68.97% | 358 | 29.86% | 14 | 1.17% | 469 | 39.12% | 1,199
Kleberg | 4,081 | 47.48% | 4,456 | 51.84% | 59 | 0.69% | 375 | 4.36% | 8,596
Knox | 855 | 78.23% | 229 | 20.95% | 9 | 0.82% | 626 | 57.27% | 1,093
Lamar | 12,711 | 76.72% | 3,731 | 22.52% | 126 | 0.76% | 8,980 | 54.20% | 16,568
Lamb | 2,741 | 79.29% | 699 | 20.22% | 17 | 0.49% | 2,042 | 59.07% | 3,457
Lampasas | 5,836 | 78.13% | 1,569 | 21.00% | 65 | 0.87% | 4,267 | 57.12% | 7,470
La Salle | 673 | 45.20% | 813 | 54.60% | 3 | 0.20% | 140 | 9.40% | 1,489
Lavaca | 6,688 | 86.44% | 1,019 | 13.17% | 30 | 0.39% | 5,669 | 73.27% | 7,737
Lee | 4,487 | 76.74% | 1,322 | 22.61% | 38 | 0.65% | 3,165 | 54.13% | 5,847
Leon | 5,711 | 86.67% | 855 | 12.98% | 23 | 0.35% | 4,856 | 73.70% | 6,589
Liberty | 16,041 | 77.96% | 4,421 | 21.49% | 114 | 0.55% | 11,620 | 56.47% | 20,576
Limestone | 5,211 | 75.35% | 1,672 | 24.18% | 33 | 0.48% | 3,539 | 51.17% | 6,916
Lipscomb | 942 | 88.28% | 116 | 10.87% | 9 | 0.84% | 826 | 77.41% | 1,067
Live Oak | 3,029 | 82.96% | 601 | 16.46% | 21 | 0.58% | 2,428 | 66.50% | 3,651
Llano | 7,954 | 78.33% | 2,124 | 20.92% | 76 | 0.75% | 5,830 | 57.42% | 10,154
Loving | 47 | 87.04% | 6 | 11.11% | 1 | 1.85% | 41 | 75.93% | 54
Lubbock | 58,780 | 64.19% | 32,068 | 35.02% | 731 | 0.80% | 26,712 | 29.17% | 91,579
Lynn | 1,369 | 80.67% | 323 | 19.03% | 5 | 0.29% | 1,046 | 61.64% | 1,697
McCulloch | 2,245 | 84.05% | 400 | 14.98% | 26 | 0.97% | 1,845 | 69.08% | 2,671
McLennan | 45,855 | 61.24% | 28,452 | 38.00% | 568 | 0.76% | 17,403 | 23.24% | 74,875
McMullen | 387 | 90.00% | 41 | 9.53% | 2 | 0.47% | 346 | 80.47% | 430
Madison | 3,033 | 79.17% | 780 | 20.36% | 18 | 0.47% | 2,253 | 58.81% | 3,831
Marion | 2,448 | 70.00% | 1,018 | 29.11% | 31 | 0.89% | 1,430 | 40.89% | 3,497
Martin | 1,297 | 83.46% | 243 | 15.64% | 14 | 0.90% | 1,054 | 67.82% | 1,554
Mason | 1,560 | 79.31% | 402 | 20.44% | 5 | 0.25% | 1,158 | 58.87% | 1,967
Matagorda | 7,330 | 70.10% | 3,049 | 29.16% | 78 | 0.75% | 4,281 | 40.94% | 10,457
Maverick | 2,951 | 27.38% | 7,727 | 71.71% | 98 | 0.91% | 4,776 | 44.32% | 10,776
Medina | 11,444 | 70.73% | 4,621 | 28.56% | 114 | 0.70% | 6,823 | 42.17% | 16,179
Menard | 632 | 80.72% | 145 | 18.52% | 6 | 0.77% | 487 | 62.20% | 783
Midland | 32,867 | 76.51% | 9,723 | 22.64% | 365 | 0.85% | 23,144 | 53.88% | 42,955
Milam | 5,922 | 74.15% | 1,997 | 25.00% | 68 | 0.85% | 3,925 | 49.14% | 7,987
Mills | 1,764 | 88.02% | 229 | 11.43% | 11 | 0.55% | 1,535 | 76.60% | 2,004
Mitchell | 1,585 | 82.85% | 323 | 16.88% | 5 | 0.26% | 1,262 | 65.97% | 1,913
Montague | 6,424 | 86.57% | 941 | 12.68% | 56 | 0.75% | 5,483 | 73.88% | 7,421
Montgomery | 137,395 | 72.28% | 51,268 | 26.97% | 1,433 | 0.75% | 86,127 | 45.31% | 190,096
Moore | 3,248 | 80.00% | 787 | 19.38% | 25 | 0.62% | 2,461 | 60.62% | 4,060
Morris | 2,953 | 69.74% | 1,260 | 29.76% | 21 | 0.50% | 1,693 | 39.99% | 4,234
Motley | 483 | 91.65% | 40 | 7.59% | 4 | 0.76% | 443 | 84.06% | 527
Nacogdoches | 13,775 | 63.68% | 7,732 | 35.74% | 126 | 0.58% | 6,043 | 27.93% | 21,633
Navarro | 10,391 | 72.08% | 3,918 | 27.18% | 107 | 0.74% | 6,473 | 44.90% | 14,416
Newton | 3,660 | 78.27% | 993 | 21.24% | 23 | 0.49% | 2,667 | 57.04% | 4,676
Nolan | 3,120 | 76.58% | 928 | 22.78% | 26 | 0.64% | 2,192 | 53.80% | 4,074
Nueces | 45,956 | 48.85% | 47,392 | 50.38% | 719 | 0.76% | 1,436 | 1.53% | 94,067
Ochiltree | 2,160 | 89.44% | 230 | 9.52% | 25 | 1.04% | 1,930 | 79.92% | 2,415
Oldham | 732 | 89.71% | 82 | 10.05% | 2 | 0.25% | 650 | 79.66% | 816
Orange | 21,164 | 80.37% | 5,050 | 19.18% | 118 | 0.45% | 16,114 | 61.20% | 26,332
Palo Pinto | 7,547 | 80.03% | 1,837 | 19.48% | 46 | 0.49% | 5,710 | 60.55% | 9,430
Panola | 7,120 | 81.38% | 1,598 | 18.26% | 31 | 0.35% | 5,522 | 63.12% | 8,749
Parker | 44,071 | 80.87% | 9,956 | 18.27% | 468 | 0.86% | 34,115 | 62.60% | 54,495
Parmer | 1,675 | 81.43% | 372 | 18.08% | 10 | 0.49% | 1,303 | 63.34% | 2,057
Pecos | 2,161 | 61.39% | 1,339 | 38.04% | 20 | 0.57% | 822 | 23.35% | 3,520
Polk | 12,794 | 76.38% | 3,850 | 22.99% | 106 | 0.63% | 8,944 | 53.40% | 16,750
Potter | 16,689 | 68.33% | 7,521 | 30.79% | 214 | 0.88% | 9,168 | 37.54% | 24,424
Presidio | 436 | 26.15% | 1,221 | 73.25% | 10 | 0.60% | 785 | 47.09% | 1,667
Rains | 3,702 | 84.02% | 681 | 15.46% | 23 | 0.52% | 3,021 | 68.57% | 4,406
Randall | 38,479 | 79.41% | 9,613 | 19.84% | 363 | 0.75% | 28,866 | 59.57% | 48,455
Reagan | 692 | 82.97% | 136 | 16.31% | 6 | 0.72% | 556 | 66.67% | 834
Real | 1,311 | 83.82% | 245 | 15.66% | 8 | 0.51% | 1,066 | 68.16% | 1,564
Red River | 3,427 | 77.57% | 973 | 22.02% | 18 | 0.41% | 2,454 | 55.55% | 4,418
Reeves | 1,128 | 47.04% | 1,255 | 52.34% | 15 | 0.63% | 127 | 5.30% | 2,398
Refugio | 1,636 | 65.65% | 847 | 33.99% | 9 | 0.36% | 789 | 31.66% | 2,492
Roberts | 441 | 95.87% | 19 | 4.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 422 | 91.74% | 460
Robertson | 4,295 | 68.52% | 1,942 | 30.98% | 31 | 0.49% | 2,353 | 37.54% | 6,268
Rockwall | 26,615 | 68.77% | 11,754 | 30.37% | 330 | 0.85% | 14,861 | 38.40% | 38,699
Runnels | 2,842 | 87.88% | 385 | 11.90% | 7 | 0.22% | 2,457 | 75.97% | 3,234
Rusk | 12,597 | 77.37% | 3,609 | 22.17% | 76 | 0.47% | 8,988 | 55.20% | 16,282
Sabine | 3,456 | 87.12% | 496 | 12.50% | 15 | 0.38% | 2,960 | 74.62% | 3,967
San Augustine | 2,266 | 75.13% | 734 | 24.34% | 16 | 0.53% | 1,532 | 50.80% | 3,016
San Jacinto | 7,499 | 80.30% | 1,785 | 19.11% | 55 | 0.59% | 5,714 | 61.18% | 9,339
San Patricio | 11,335 | 62.22% | 6,777 | 37.20% | 107 | 0.59% | 4,558 | 25.02% | 18,219
San Saba | 1,811 | 87.53% | 247 | 11.94% | 11 | 0.53% | 1,564 | 75.59% | 2,069
Schleicher | 735 | 77.21% | 209 | 21.95% | 8 | 0.84% | 526 | 55.25% | 952
Scurry | 3,705 | 84.92% | 642 | 14.71% | 16 | 0.37% | 3,063 | 70.20% | 4,363
Shackelford | 1,174 | 91.65% | 103 | 8.04% | 4 | 0.31% | 1,071 | 83.61% | 1,281
Shelby | 6,008 | 79.46% | 1,521 | 20.12% | 32 | 0.42% | 4,487 | 59.34% | 7,561
Sherman | 692 | 84.18% | 87 | 10.58% | 43 | 5.23% | 605 | 73.60% | 822
Smith | 53,760 | 69.46% | 23,182 | 29.95% | 458 | 0.59% | 30,578 | 39.51% | 77,400
Somervell | 3,033 | 82.17% | 633 | 17.15% | 25 | 0.68% | 2,400 | 65.02% | 3,691
Starr | 2,443 | 22.65% | 8,273 | 76.72% | 68 | 0.63% | 5,830 | 54.06% | 10,784
Stephens | 2,631 | 88.65% | 324 | 10.92% | 13 | 0.44% | 2,307 | 77.73% | 2,968
Sterling | 442 | 90.95% | 44 | 9.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 398 | 81.89% | 486
Stonewall | 497 | 80.94% | 112 | 18.24% | 5 | 0.81% | 385 | 62.70% | 614
Sutton | 934 | 77.45% | 265 | 21.97% | 7 | 0.58% | 669 | 55.47% | 1,206
Swisher | 1,461 | 77.10% | 420 | 22.16% | 14 | 0.74% | 1,041 | 54.93% | 1,895
Tarrant | 309,189 | 49.24% | 313,497 | 49.93% | 5,208 | 0.83% | 4,308 | 0.69% | 627,894
Taylor | 29,811 | 73.32% | 10,489 | 25.80% | 357 | 0.88% | 19,322 | 47.52% | 40,657
Terrell | 323 | 69.16% | 139 | 29.76% | 5 | 1.07% | 184 | 39.40% | 467
Terry | 2,169 | 77.11% | 629 | 22.36% | 15 | 0.53% | 1,540 | 54.75% | 2,813
Throckmorton | 617 | 87.77% | 77 | 10.95% | 9 | 1.28% | 540 | 76.81% | 703
Titus | 5,685 | 71.02% | 2,265 | 28.29% | 55 | 0.69% | 3,420 | 42.72% | 8,005
Tom Green | 24,648 | 71.18% | 9,690 | 27.98% | 292 | 0.84% | 14,958 | 43.19% | 34,630
Travis | 119,278 | 24.63% | 359,772 | 74.30% | 5,154 | 1.06% | 240,494 | 49.67% | 484,204
Trinity | 4,146 | 80.12% | 998 | 19.29% | 31 | 0.60% | 3,148 | 60.83% | 5,175
Tyler | 5,919 | 82.91% | 1,185 | 16.60% | 35 | 0.49% | 4,734 | 66.31% | 7,139
Upshur | 11,529 | 82.44% | 2,364 | 16.91% | 91 | 0.65% | 9,165 | 65.54% | 13,984
Upton | 854 | 82.83% | 169 | 16.39% | 8 | 0.78% | 685 | 66.44% | 1,031
Uvalde | 4,348 | 54.80% | 3,528 | 44.46% | 59 | 0.74% | 820 | 10.33% | 7,935
Val Verde | 5,345 | 46.87% | 5,955 | 52.21% | 105 | 0.92% | 610 | 5.35% | 11,405
Van Zandt | 15,182 | 84.66% | 2,634 | 14.69% | 116 | 0.65% | 12,548 | 69.98% | 17,932
Victoria | 19,005 | 69.85% | 8,046 | 29.57% | 157 | 0.58% | 10,959 | 40.28% | 27,208
Walker | 11,535 | 64.61% | 6,186 | 34.65% | 132 | 0.74% | 5,349 | 29.96% | 17,853
Waller | 10,167 | 61.24% | 6,335 | 38.16% | 101 | 0.61% | 3,832 | 23.08% | 16,603
Ward | 2,096 | 71.78% | 800 | 27.40% | 24 | 0.82% | 1,296 | 44.38% | 2,920
Washington | 10,134 | 75.11% | 3,263 | 24.18% | 95 | 0.70% | 6,871 | 50.93% | 13,492
Webb | 13,814 | 27.97% | 35,159 | 71.20% | 408 | 0.83% | 21,345 | 43.23% | 49,381
Wharton | 9,094 | 70.27% | 3,793 | 29.31% | 55 | 0.42% | 5,301 | 40.96% | 12,942
Wheeler | 1,679 | 92.76% | 125 | 6.91% | 6 | 0.33% | 1,554 | 85.86% | 1,810
Wichita | 23,648 | 69.72% | 9,971 | 29.40% | 299 | 0.88% | 13,677 | 40.32% | 33,918
Wilbarger | 2,639 | 76.74% | 776 | 22.56% | 24 | 0.70% | 1,863 | 54.17% | 3,439
Willacy | 1,527 | 35.31% | 2,773 | 64.12% | 25 | 0.58% | 1,246 | 28.81% | 4,325
Williamson | 99,857 | 47.96% | 105,850 | 50.84% | 2,514 | 1.21% | 5,993 | 2.88% | 208,221
Wilson | 13,025 | 73.51% | 4,567 | 25.77% | 127 | 0.72% | 8,458 | 47.73% | 17,719
Winkler | 1,123 | 77.18% | 321 | 22.06% | 11 | 0.76% | 802 | 55.12% | 1,455
Wise | 19,023 | 82.29% | 3,915 | 16.94% | 179 | 0.77% | 15,108 | 65.35% | 23,117
Wood | 13,987 | 83.55% | 2,635 | 15.74% | 118 | 0.70% | 11,352 | 67.81% | 16,740
Yoakum | 1,558 | 81.87% | 335 | 17.60% | 10 | 0.53% | 1,223 | 64.27% | 1,903
Young | 5,543 | 86.54% | 821 | 12.82% | 41 | 0.64% | 4,722 | 73.72% | 6,405
Zapata | 821 | 36.93% | 1,392 | 62.62% | 10 | 0.45% | 571 | 25.69% | 2,223
Zavala | 589 | 20.19% | 2,313 | 79.29% | 15 | 0.51% | 1,724 | 59.10% | 2,917
Total  | 4,260,553 | 50.89% | 4,045,632 | 48.32% | 65,470 | 0.78% | 214,921 | 2.57% | 8,371,655
| Cruz
Republican  | O'Rourke
Democratic  | Dikeman
Libertarian  | Margin  | Total
votes

Shift by county

Trend by county

Legend

* Republican — >15%

* Republican — +12.5−15%

* Republican — +10−12.5%

* Republican — +7.5−10%

* Republican — +5−7.5%

* Republican — +2.5−5%

* Republican — +0−2.5%

* Democratic — +0−2.5%

* Democratic — +2.5−5%

* Democratic — +5−7.5%

* Democratic — +7.5-10%

* Democratic — +10−12.5%

* Democratic — +12.5−15%

* Democratic — >15%

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Brewster (largest municipality: Alpine)
* Fort Bend (largest municipality: Sugar Land)
* Harris (largest municipality: Houston)
* Hays (largest municipality: San Marcos)
* Nueces (largest municipality: Corpus Christi)
* Tarrant (largest municipality: Fort Worth)
* Williamson (largest municipality: Round Rock)

#### By congressional district

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Cruz won 20 of 36 congressional districts; O'Rourke won the other 16, including three held by Republicans.[250]

District  | Cruz  | O'Rourke  | Representative

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|
|

1st | 71% | 28%  | Louie Gohmert
2nd | 50% | 49%  | Ted Poe
Dan Crenshaw
3rd | 51% | 48%  | Sam Johnson
Van Taylor
4th | 74% | 25%  | John Ratcliffe
5th | 60% | 39%  | Jeb Hensarling
Lance Gooden
6th | 51% | 48%  | Joe Barton
Ron Wright
7th | 46%  | 53% | John Culberson
Lizzie Fletcher
8th | 71% | 28%  | Kevin Brady
9th | 19%  | 80% | Al Green
10th | 49.4%  | 49.6% | Michael McCaul
11th | 78% | 21%  | Mike Conaway
12th | 60% | 39%  | Kay Granger
13th | 79% | 20%  | Mac Thornberry
14th | 58% | 41%  | Randy Weber
15th | 42%  | 57% | Vicente Gonzalez
16th | 26%  | 73% | Beto O'Rourke
Veronica Escobar
17th | 54% | 45%  | Bill Flores
18th | 20%  | 79% | Sheila Jackson Lee
19th | 71% | 28%  | Jodey Arrington
20th | 33%  | 66% | Joaquín Castro
21st | 49.6% | 49.5%  | Lamar Smith
Chip Roy
22nd | 49.9% | 49.3%  | Pete Olson
23rd | 47%  | 52% | Will Hurd
24th | 48%  | 51% | Kenny Marchant
25th | 52% | 47%  | Roger Williams
26th | 57% | 42%  | Michael Burgess
27th | 60% | 39%  | Michael Cloud
28th | 40%  | 59% | Henry Cuellar
29th | 25%  | 74% | Gene Green
Sylvia Garcia
30th | 18%  | 82% | Eddie Bernice Johnson
31st | 50% | 48%  | John Carter
32nd | 44%  | 55% | Pete Sessions
Colin Allred
33rd | 22%  | 77% | Marc Veasey
34th | 42%  | 58% | Filemon Vela Jr.
35th | 27%  | 72% | Lloyd Doggett
36th | 71% | 28%  | Brian Babin

## Notes

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1. ^ Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
2. ^ Not yet released

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206. ^ Change Research (D-Reason to Believe PAC)
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210. ^ Dixie Strategies
211. ^ GBA Strategies (D-End Citizens United)
212. ^ University of Texas/YouGov
213. ^ Ipsos
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215. ^ CNN/SSRS
216. ^ WPA Intelligence (R-Club for Growth)
217. ^ NYT Upshot/Siena College
218. ^ Quinnipiac University
219. ^ YouGov
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223. ^ Vox Populi Polling
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230. ^ NBC News/Marist
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243. ^ Jonathan Jenkins (I) 6%
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245. ^ Public Policy Polling (D-End Citizens United)
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