Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won re-election over his opponent, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, CNN and NBC News have reported. The two-term GOP senator was expected to win a third, although polling had tightened in the days leading up to the election—suggesting that Allred,

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.