Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) holds a 3-point lead over his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred, in response to a brand new ballot.
The Florida Atlantic College (FAU) survey, carried out by Mainstreet Analysis, reveals that amongst registered voters within the state, Cruz garners 46 p.c assist in comparison with Allred’s 43 p.c. About 11 p.c of respondents additionally mentioned they have been undecided.
When requested which candidate respondents would vote for if the election have been held at this time, the incumbent maintained his 3-point lead over Allred, 47 p.c to 44 p.c, the info reveals. The variety of undecided voters dipped, nevertheless, to 9 p.c.
The numbers have been launched after Allred’s group introduced Tuesday that he has raised greater than $30 million over the previous three months in his battle in opposition to Cruz, reflecting broad want amongst Democratic donors to defeat one of many Senate’s most distinguished conservatives. The Texas Republican raked in $21 million in the identical time interval, in response to his marketing campaign.
It additionally comes lower than every week earlier than the 2 take to the talk stage.
In The Hill/Resolution Desk HQ’s mixture of polls, Cruz has a 2.8-point edge on Allred, bringing in 47.9 p.c assist to the Democratic hopeful’s 45.1 p.c.
The FAU ballot was carried out from Oct. 2 to Oct. 6 amongst 811 registered voters within the Lone Star State. The margin of error is 3.4 share factors on the 95 p.c confidence degree.
