A Democratic congressman from Dallas seeks to topple U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas' Senate race and break the party's 30-year drought in Lone Star politics. U.S. Rep.

Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Colin Allred returned to the Dallas area to make their closing arguments in the final days of Texas’ red-hot U.S. Senate race. Cruz fired up supporters Friday at a Plano “party barn” where the walls were covered in old-timey memorabilia.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz looks to maintain his seat as Democratic Congressman Colin Allred looks to unseat him. “Well listen, I think you can walk and chew gum at the same time. I am a principled conservative, and I don’t run away from that at all ...