Before their one and perhaps only debate, Ted Cruz and Colin Allred spoke with CBS News Texas about the tightening race and the issues. In the presidential race, there's been some movement in the battleground states since last week.

Republicans have a stranglehold on every statewide elected office in Texas and control the state Supreme Court, both chambers of the Legislature and both U.S.

Allred pushed back against accusations that he wants "boys playing girls' sports," accusing Cruz of “lying about my record because he can't defend his own.”