Sen. Ted Cruz is on the road this week, busing from city to city to try to get voters to the polls in his reelection race against Congressman Colin Allred.
Cruz is seeking a third term in the U.S. Senate, and on Tuesday, he spent time in Waxahachie in north Texas. About 274 Ellis County residents turned up on Tuesday afternoon to support Cruz and listen to his pitch.
“This race comes down to one very simple thing: Keeping Texas, Texas,” Cruz said. “I tell you, this choice is very simple. It’s not between Republicans and Democrats, not between conservatives and liberals. It is a choice between common sense and crazy. ”
Ellis County was good to Cruz in 2018. He won 67% of the vote in a race where the margin was just 2.6% statewide -214 thousand votes out of more than 8 million cast.
“After the stump speech, I stood in line to shake hands, get autographs, and take pictures,” County said.
Cruz understands the stakes, and that’s part of the reason he is barnstorming the state from now until Nov. 5.