O’Rourke, a Democrat who came to national prominence when he ran a close race challenging Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz for this seat, told CBS late last week that the Lone Star state was “Biden’s to lose.”"My contention is that this is Biden's to lose. "Please, by all means, expand this map and show us that we here in Texas are important to you,” O'Rourke said. "I think, I firmly believe, I almost know, that this election for president is going to come down to Texas,” he said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDespite O’Rourke’s optimism of Biden’s chances of capturing Texas, all recent polls indicate that President Trump holds a lead in the state with the RealClearPolitics average of polls showing Trump up 3.2 points on Biden in Texas. The RealClearPolitics average of national polls has Biden besting Trump by 8.1 points with less than a month to go before the election.

Source: Fox News October 04, 2020 22:41 UTC