The Texas Senate race is much tighter than many analysts expected at the beginning of the campaign, as Democratic Rep. Colin Allred is giving incumbent Ted Cruz a run for his money to the point that the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan forecaster, now considers it a "Lean Republican" race rather than a "Likely" one.
Cruz, however, is still ahead in practically all polls and favored to win. That's why Allred will face on Tuesday evening what is perhaps his best chance to sway a sizable amount of voters with three weeks to go before heading to the polls.
