Beto O'Rourke: “I lost to Ted Cruz by about two and a half points [in 2018].”

“And yet it never seems to quite happen. Not even in 2018, another midterm year when President Trump was very unpopular. Yeah, going back to 2018, though, though I lost to Ted Cruz by about two and a half points [in 2018]. Beneath me on that ballot, you saw people break through who had no business winning, much less even running. Colin Allred, who defeated Pete Sessions in that year.” (13:29–13:35)

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