By: Brooke Singman
The Fox News Decision Desk projected that incumbent Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz will defeat his Democratic opponent Rep. Colin Allred on Tuesday, and win a third term in the U.S. Senate. Cruz won his last re-election effort in 2018, beating Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke. Cruz has represented the Lone Star State in the upper chamber of Congress since 2013. Allred represents Texas’ 32nd Congressional District in the House. Cruz is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. He previously clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and was solicitor general of Texas. Cruz argued nine cases before the Supreme Court.