Ted Cruz Wins Senate Seat

Tea Party darling

Reason Staff | 11.6.2012 9:23 PM

AUSTIN, Texas -- Tea party-backed Republican Ted Cruz has won the race for Texas' open U.S. Senate seat.

Cruz beat former Democratic state representative Paul Sadler. The ex-state solicitor general was heavily favored since Texas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.

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Ted Cruz Wins Senate Seat

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