Beto O’Rourke pulls ahead of Ted Cruz in new Texas poll

Published September 19, 2018 2:23pm ET



Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke pulled ahead of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as the two face off for the latter’s Texas Senate seat, according to the results of a poll released Wednesday.

The survey from Reuters/Ipsos/the University of Virginia Center for Politics shows O’Rourke leading by 2 percentage points, 47 percent to 45 percent.

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