AUSTIN, Texas — Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz scratched out a victory over Democrat Colin Allred on Tuesday night in one of the most watched and most expensive Senate races in the nation, according to NBC News and Fox News. Cruz, an often ...

Ted Cruz (R-TX) won reelection to his Texas Senate seat in a closely watched race against Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), a boost for Republicans' quest for control of the upper chamber.  Multiple outlets called the race for Cruz within a couple hours of polls closing in Texas.

(The latter attack prompted a response from the former football player, who said in an ad, “I don’t want boys playing girls’ sports or any of this ridiculous stuff that Ted Cruz is saying.”) Cruz became a lightning rod early in his Senate career ...