He has written four books on Texas politics and has written and reported on the state's government and history for four decades. (CNN) The most frequently contemplated question in Texas politics this campaign season is whether Democratic US Rep. Robert "Beto" O'Rourke can defeat Republican US Sen. Rafael "Ted" Cruz. The Irish descendant from the Hispanic borderlands of Texas has, however, given the state's Democrats a gift they have found too surprising to completely unwrap. Beto has delivered Democrats the first notion in a quarter of a century that their party may yet become ascendant. (The capacity at NRG, Mr. President, is 94,000 less than Kyle Field at Texas A&M University, the state's largest venue ).

Source: CNN October 18, 2018 12:44 UTC