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Topic: 2018 Texas Senate election

Beto O'Rourke (AP/Eric Gay)

Beto 2020? O'Rourke may challenge Trump

Matthew Rozsa
Beto O'Rourke; Ted Cruz (AP/Tom Fox/Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Ted Cruz beats Beto in Texas

Nicole Karlis
U.S. Border Patrol (Getty/ John Moore)

Border Patrol practices "crowd control"

Igor Derysh
U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) holds a Texas flag as he poses for a group photo with supporters during a campaign rally in Mueller Lake Park October 31, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Texas wins, even if Beto doesn't

Amanda Marcotte
Beto O'Rourke; Ted Cruz (AP/Salon)

Cruz is still ahead of O'Rourke

Matthew Rozsa
Ted Cruz (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Texas Newspaper dumps Cruz for O'Rourke

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
Ted Cruz; Beto O'Rourke (Getty/Jim Watson/AP/LM Otero)

O'Rourke regrets use of "Lyin' Ted" line

Matthew Rozsa
Sonny Carl Davis; Ted Cruz (AP/YouTube/Fire Ted Cruz/Salon)

Ted Cruz skewered in new Linklater ad

Matthew Rozsa
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