In final days of Senate race, Cruz courts Latino voters along the border and Allred rallies in his hometown

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas. (Credit: The Texas Tribune)

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz spent the final weekend of his reelection bid campaigning in El Paso and McAllen, taking his statewide tour to two of Texas’ metro areas with the biggest concentrations of Latino voters as he looks to bolster his support among one of the state’s key voting blocs.