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2018 United States Senate election in Texas

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Nominee Ted Cruz Beto O'Rourke
Party Republican Democrat
Popular vote 4,260,553 4,045,632
Percentage 50.9% 48.3%

Texas Senate Election Results by County, 2018.svg
County results
Cruz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
O'Rourke:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Senator before election

Ted Cruz
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Cruz
Republican

The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas took place on November 6, 2018. Ted Cruz ran for a second term. He ran against Democrat Beto O'Rourke, and Libertarian Neal Dikeman.

Ted Cruz won the election.

Primary election

Republican

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Cruz 1,317,463 85.3
Republican Mary Miller 94,454 6.1
Republican Bruce Jacobson Jr. 64,607 4.2
Republican Stefano de Stefano 44,353 2.9
Republican Geraldine Sam 22,848 1.5
Total 1,543,725 100.0%

Democratic

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 641,337 61.8
Democratic Sema Hernandez 246,313 23.7
Democratic Edward Kimbrough 150,149 14.5
Total 1,037,799 100.0%

General election

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Cruz 4,244,204 50.9
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 4,024,777 48.3
Libertarian Neal M. Dikeman 65,240 0.8
Total 8,334,221 100.0%

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