Incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz hammered at one of his rivals in the 2024 U.S. Senate race on Wednesday.
After Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) wrote on social media at a campaign event that Bexar County was “ready to fire” Cruz (R-TX), the senator took note of how few people were in the pictures that were posted by his rival.
“Wow. Six people showed up in San Antonio,” Cruz wrote.
Allred, a third-term congressman, is one of 11 candidates running in the Democrat primary. The winner will face Cruz in November 2024. The San Antonio stop was part of his “Lone Star Listening Tour.”
As of July 5, Allred had raised more than $6 million in support of his bid, The Dallas Express reported previously.
“I think we know as Texans we can’t afford to have another term of Ted Cruz representing us in the Senate. That’s what it is about. It’s not about the presidential race or past races in the Senate, it’s about me vs. Ted Cruz,” Allred told Fox 4 KDFW in June.
“We know we can’t count on him, he went on vacation during the freeze and he’s one of the people who tried to lead the insurrection on January 6th, so I think that’s not the Texas that I know,” Allred claimed.
Cruz has served in the Senate since 2013. He was re-elected in 2018 against Democrat Beto O’Rourke.
A May poll from the University of Texas at Tyler showed Cruz maintained a single-digit lead over Allred, with 42% of respondents saying they would vote for Cruz and 37% saying they would vote for his challenger.
“Allred wants men to compete in women’s sports, isn’t serious about addressing the crisis at the border, wants to take away law-abiding Texans’ guns, and is soft on punishing murderers,” a Cruz spokesperson claimed in a statement back in May, according to The Texas Tribune. “Thankfully, the Lone Star State has a tireless champion in Sen. Ted Cruz.”
