Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to face Colin Allred in general election
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Rep. Colin Allred on Super Tuesday won the Democratic primary to take on Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in November, which will likely be a closely-watched race.
Democrats only have a 51-49 majority in the Senate, and are likely to lose Sen. Joe Manchin's seat in deep-red West Virginia since he is not running for reelection. In this cycle, there are two other Democratic senators up for reelection in states won by former President Donald Trump in 2020.
Taking on Cruz will be a longshot since no Democrat has won a statewide race in Texas in 30 years. Despite that Texas leans red, former Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke came within three points of Cruz in 2018. At the time, O'Rourke raised $38 million in a single quarter, which was then a record for a Senate candidate.
This story previously aired on Sept. 15, 2018. News report: Today, in a 5-1 decision, the California State Supreme Court ruled that Rodney Alcala did not receive a fair trial. Juror: We, the jury, find the defendant, Rodney James Alcala, guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. Victim Robin C. Samsoe… "I wanna kill, I wanna kill, I wanna see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean, kill, kill, kill, kill." Jury member [in court]: We, the jury … determine that the penalty to be imposed upon defendant, Rodney James Alcala, to be death. D.A. Cyrus Vance to reporters: For both families, who had lost all hope that these cases would ever be solved, the pleas by Rodney Alcala, and today's sentencing brings closure to painful chapters in their lives.
A new law aims to strengthen reporting requirements for technology companies to combat online predators seeking to exploit children. One dad told CBS News that he hopes the law will save children like his son, who died by suicide after becoming ensnared in a "sextortion" scheme when he was 17 years old.