Beto O'Rourke leads Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race, poll shows

Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke has taken the lead in the Texas Senate race in a new poll, countering other surveys that had shown Sen. Ted Cruz up by a comfortable margin.

The Ipsos-Reuters poll, in conjunction with the University of Virginia, showed him with a 2-percentage point lead. Though within the poll’s margin of error, this marks the first time any pollster has put Mr. O’Rourke ahead.

But just a day earlier, the Quinnipiac University Poll showed Mr. Cruz with a comfortable 9-point lead in his re-election bid.

While Quinnipiac conducted phone interviews, Ipsos relied on an online survey.

As always, the key is trying to predict who will actually head to the voting booths on Election Day, Ipsos Vice President Chris Jackson said.