2018 United States Senate election in Texas

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The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was a high-profile and unusually competitive race in which Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke narrowly lost to incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz, drawing national attention and record-breaking fundraising.

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2018 United States Senate election in Texas canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate election ⓘ
campaignStrategyOfBetoORourke visited all 254 counties in Texas ⓘ
candidate Beto O’Rourke ⓘ
linked to: Beto O'Rourke

Neal Dikeman ⓘ
Ted Cruz ⓘ
candidateParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Libertarian Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
chamber United States Senate ⓘ
classOfSenateSeat Class 1 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
democraticNominee Beto O’Rourke ⓘ
linked to: Beto O'Rourke
electionCycle 2018 United States midterm elections ⓘ
electionDate 2018-11-06 ⓘ
electionType general election ⓘ
fundraisingDescription record-breaking fundraising for a U.S. Senate race ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Ted Cruz ⓘ
libertarianNominee Neal Dikeman ⓘ
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
loser Beto O’Rourke ⓘ
linked to: Beto O'Rourke
marginOfVictoryInPercentagePoints 2.6 ⓘ
marginOfVictoryInVotes 206087 ⓘ
mediaCharacterization one of the most closely watched races of the 2018 midterms ⓘ
nextElection 2024 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ
notableFor extensive national media attention ⓘ
high levels of small-dollar donations to Beto O’Rourke ⓘ
unusually competitive race in traditionally Republican Texas ⓘ
officeContested United States Senator from Texas ⓘ
partOf 2018 United States Senate elections ⓘ
2018 United States elections ⓘ
partyOfIncumbentBeforeElection Republican Party ⓘ
percentageForBetoORourke 48.3% ⓘ
percentageForNealDikeman 0.8% ⓘ
percentageForTedCruz 50.9% ⓘ
popularVoteForBetoORourke 4080407 ⓘ
popularVoteForNealDikeman 65193 ⓘ
popularVoteForTedCruz 4286494 ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUp Beto O’Rourke ⓘ
linked to: Beto O'Rourke
popularVoteWinner Ted Cruz ⓘ
previousElection 2012 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ
primaryElectionDate 2018-03-06 ⓘ
republicanNominee Ted Cruz ⓘ
resultingSenator Ted Cruz ⓘ
resultingSenatorParty Republican Party ⓘ
runoffPrimaryDate 2018-05-22 ⓘ
termLengthContested 6 years ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 53.0% ⓘ
voterTurnoutDescription highest midterm turnout in Texas in decades ⓘ
winner Ted Cruz ⓘ

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Beto O'Rourke → election → 2018 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ
Beto O'Rourke → election → 2018 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ
subject linked to: Beto
Robert Francis O'Rourke → electionCampaign → 2018 United States Senate election in Texas ⓘ