Texas Senator Ted Cruz officially won re-election Tuesday evening, beating out Democratic Representative Colin Allred, after a close race between the candidates. The victory for Cruz comes after Allred looked to be the first person in 30 years to win a statewide election in the nation’s second-most populous state,

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, sought to fend off an underdog challenge Tuesday from Democratic Rep. Colin Allred in one of the year's most expensive races, which is testing shifts in America's biggest red state and could factor into the fight for U.S. Senate control.