- Democrats who voted in the Super Tuesday election in Dallas, Texas, told DailyMail.com they want Rep. Colin Allred to win the primary.
- Senator Ted Cruz seeks to defend his Senate seat in the November elections
- Dallas voter Roger Kelso, 78, said of his priorities in Tuesday’s race: “I think the main thing we need to do is get rid of the guy I call ‘Turd Cruz.'”
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There are nine Democrats running on Super Tuesday for a chance to take on Sen. Ted Cruz in the November general election, and left-leaning Texas voters want to see Rep. Colin Allred take over.
More than a handful of pro-Trump voters in Texas told DailyMail.com when asked if any of the Democrats could beat Cruz: “I hope not.”
But Democrats are mobilized by Allred and want Cruz, who is ending his second term in Congress, to be removed from his seat in the 2024 general election.
Joe Brock, 55, called Cruz a “snake” and Roger Kelso, 78, said his nickname for the senator is “Turd Cruz.”
Gene Schillaci, 66, told DailyMail.com as he left his polling place in Dallas, Texas, after casting his vote in the Super Tuesday primary, that he supports Allred because “he has a positive attitude toward him” who contrasts with “Ted Cruz’s negativity.” ‘
Democrats who voted in the Super Tuesday election in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday told DailyMail.com that they want Rep. Colin Allred to win the primary to face Sen. Ted Cruz in the general election for his Senate seat.
Gene Schillaci, 66, told DailyMail.com as he left his polling place in Dallas, Texas, after casting his vote in the Super Tuesday primary, that he voted for Allred. Of Cruz, he said, “I can’t conceive how… they dug up this guy, you know?”
“I just can’t conceive how they came up with…where they dug up this guy, you know?” added the Democratic voter.
Former NFL player and three-term Dallas-area U.S. Rep. Colin Allred leads the group of nine Democrats vying to run against Cruz in the fall general election.
In 2018, Cruz narrowly defeated Democrat Beto O’Rourke in a general election that was too close for comfort. The current president obtained 50.9 percent of the votes compared to 49.3 percent for his rivals.
Republicans are confident that Texas won’t turn blue anytime soon, and with 40 Electoral College votes at stake in the Lone Star State, the GOP can’t afford to lose them to Democrats.
Dallas voter Roger Kelso told DailyMail.com that he prefers Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez’s platform more than Allred’s, but said he is supporting the man he believes has the best chance of unseating Cruz.
“I think the main thing we need to do is get rid of the guy I call ‘Turd Cruz.’ He hasn’t been good for the state, he hasn’t been good for the country,” Kelso said after voting Tuesday. “And I think Colin Allred would step in and he would be the right person.”
Voters went to the polls in Texas on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Super Tuesday primaries, which included the presidential and senatorial races, among others.
The pro-Cruz Truth and Courage PAC ran an ad targeting Allred before polls closed in Texas on Tuesday.
Texas state senator Roland Gutierrez is Allred’s only real competitor. Pictured: Gutiérrez campaigns near a voting center in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, March 5.
Allred and Gutierrez are joined in the race by state Rep. and former DeSoto Mayor Carl Sherman; Meri Gómez, tax accountant for the mission area; former Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez; Katy businessman Robert Hassan; law professor and retired Navy captain Steve Keough; Heli Rodríguez Prilliman, Fort Worth businesswoman; and Thierry Tchenko, a political organizer in Houston.
Artist Joe Brock said he also voted for Allred in the Democratic Senate primary.
‘I definitely want Cruz to go. He’s a snake,” Brock said, adding of Allred: “I think he’s a good politician. He is strong. We need fresh blood.’
One Republican expressed confidence that Cruz will not be unseated by a Democrat and simply said “no” when asked if there is any concern that he will lose his seat.
One thing Texas Democrats and Republicans seemed to agree on is that immigration is at the forefront of their minds when voting in primary elections.
Democrats say Republicans are obstructing any real progress on the issue, while Republicans say the opposition party wants open borders and mass illegal immigration.