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.

Ted Cruz’s re-election campaign has poured resources into attack ads that focus on transgender participation in youth sports. His Democratic opponent, Representative Colin Allred, responded with his own ad.

Political figures endorse across party lines for a variety of reasons. And it's not all that uncommon in Texas.

WASHINGTON — Democrats are closing the gap in their uphill campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, with polls showing improvement for Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and national Democrats’ spending in the race a month ahead of Election Day.

Before their one and perhaps only debate, Ted Cruz and Colin Allred spoke with CBS News Texas about the tightening race and the issues.

Cruz has represented Texas in the Senate since 2013 and has generally maintained his lead in recent polls, but the surveys show a tight race. At least one put Allred, a U.S. Representative from Dallas, ahead by one point. Were he to win on Nov. 5, he’d achieve what every other statewide Democrat has failed to do since 1994.

Democratic Congressman Collin Allred is the latest challengers to Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, hoping to break the GOP lock on the Lone Star State.

Texas Campaign Cash – High stakes in the upcoming election is driving a surge of campaign donations. Josh brings in Ryan Chandler and Jasper Scherer to highlight a few key races in Texas that could have an impact in the state,