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Beto O'Rourke Goes On The Attack Against Ted Cruz

Lagging in the polls, the Democratic Senate candidate has entered a new phase in his attempt to pull off a big upset in the Texas race for U.S. Senate. Attack ads followed a fiery debate on Tuesday.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke, seen campaigning in Houston this month, has launched his first attack ads on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as he tries to regain traction in the last weeks of the campaign.

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's re-election campaign has not been shy about attacking his opponent, Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke, on television.

Straight out of the GOP playbook, Cruz's ads have tried to paint his opponent as a radical, left-wing extremist.

In one attack ad, which eventually seemed to backfire, Cruz's campaign misleadingly edited videotape to make it appear as thoughfrom Cruz.

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