who are the two candidates running for senate in tx
Ted Cruz Beto O'Rourke
title: 2018 United States Senate election in Texas text: Hillary Clinton in 2016, Kenedy. 2018 United States Senate election in Texas The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz ran successfully for re-election to a second term against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke and Libertarian candidate Neal Dikeman. The primary for all parties was held on March 6, 2018, making it the first primary of the 2018 season. As Cruz and O'Rourke both won majorities in their primaries, they title: 2018 United States Senate election in Texas text: 2018 United States Senate election in Texas The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with other elections to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz ran successfully for re-election to a second term against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke and Libertarian candidate Neal Dikeman. The primary for all parties was held on March 6, 2018, making it the first primary of the 2018 season. As Cruz and O'Rourke both won majorities in their primaries, they did not participate in the title: Texas Senate text: Huffines, and Konni Burton, all Republicans. New senators elected in 2016 were Bryan Hughes(R), Borris Miles(D), and Dawn Buckingham(R). Pete Flores(R) joined the Texas Senate through a special election in 2018. New senators elected in the 2018 regular election are Angela Paxton(R), Beverly Powell(D), Nathan Johnson(D), and Pat Fallon(R). State Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, won the Senate District 6 special election on December 11, 2018 to replace Sylvia Garcia who resigned after she won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the regular election. There have been at least three cases of quorum-busting in Texas Senate history. title: 2018 United States Senate election in Texas text: May 22 runoff primary that was held for some nominations in Texas. No Democrat has won a general election for statewide office in Texas since Bob Bullock was reelected as Lieutenant Governor in 1994, with election pre-predictions declaring it a safe Republican seat at the beginning of 2018. However, despite Cruz's initially substantial lead according to polls, O'Rourke gradually closed the gap, and the race was considered to be unexpectedly competitive before Cruz defeated O'Rourke in the election. O'Rourke earned over 4 million votes, surpassing Hillary Clinton's record total of 3.87 million in the 2016 election to achieve the highest title: 2018 Texas elections text: Mark Ash Every seat in the Texas House of Representatives and about half of the seats in the Texas Senate will be up for election. 2018 Texas elections The 2018 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 6, 2018. All of Texas' executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas' thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican and Democratic Parties nominated their candidates by primaries held March 6, 2018. Convention Parties nominated their candidates at a series of conventions. County Conventions