Texas voters could decide control of the United States Senate this year. Democratic Congressman Colin Allred is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for Senate in a race that has attracted national attention.

Allred, who would become Texas' first Black senator, has powered his upset bid by presenting himself as a moderate choice while mostly keeping political distance from Vice Preside

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.