Doug Young: O’Rourke/Michael Stravato: Cruz
Just as the fall television ad wars are about to begin, a new NBC News/Marist poll of Texas registered voters shows a tight U.S. Senate race between U.S. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso.
In a head-to-head match up, Cruz held a 4-point lead over O’Rourke. Forty-nine percent of respondents backed Cruz, compared to 45 percent who supported O’Rourke. Six percent of respondents remain undecided. The poll has a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points.
This was a live telephone poll conducted between Aug. 12 and 16. The poll was conducted prior to Tuesday, when President Donald Trump’s former longtime attorney and former campaign chairman were separately declared guilty of various crimes.
