All eyes watched the Texas Senate race, and Democrats hoped their new rising star, Beto O’ Rourke, would somehow beat incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz. That did not happen. Still, from the looks of the ground game in Texas, the millions of dollars that poured in from outside the state, and the way major media outlets fawned over Beto, it seemed like he was destined to win.

Why didn’t he?

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