Cruz Agrees To Debate Allred As Lead Slips Away

September 21, 2024 Politics, Republicans

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports:

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred will face off in their first televised debate on Tuesday, October 15, at 7 p.m. at WFAA’s studios in downtown Dallas.

Scheduled three weeks before Election Day, “The Texas Debate” will be a crucial opportunity for both candidates to work to sway undecided voters in what could be a close contest in November.

“The Texas Debate” will be moderated by WFAA Senior Political Reporter Jason Whitely and Gromer Jeffers, Jr., political reporter at The Dallas Morning News.

The Texas Tribune reports:

Cruz, a Texas Republican seeking his third term in the upper chamber, has led Allred by single digits in several recent statewide polls. National Democrats see Texas as one of their best pickup opportunities.

Cruz is no stranger to high-stakes political debates. He twice debated his previous Democratic challenger, Beto O’Rourke, and participated in a dozen debates during his run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

Allred, D-Dallas, has also participated in a number of debates, going toe to toe multiple times with GOP U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions in 2018, when Allred ousted the longtime incumbent

Allred was +1 over Cruz in this week’s Morning Consult poll, but Cruz holds a three to four point lead in polling averages.



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