AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The race to watch in Texas: Democrat Colin Allred is trying to defeat incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
Cruz is favored, but new polling suggests Allred has a fighting chance.
A new Emerson College/The Hill poll, funded by Nexstar Media, was released Thursday. According to the poll, 49% of voters support incumbent Republican Ted Cruz, while 45% support Democratic challenger Colin Allred. Six percent are undecided in that race. The results fall within the poll’s margin of error.
Both Cruz and Allred increased their share by a point since the previous ECP poll earlier this month.
See the full crosstabs of the poll here Download
The poll also asked how likely voters feel about each candidate. Cruz had a favorability score of 48%, compared with 45% for Allred. But there’s a significant difference when it comes to voters who have a negative view of each candidate. Slightly more than half of voters in the poll, 51% said they don’t like Cruz. Allred’s negative numbers came in at 41%…