The two candidates in the U.S. Senate race in Texas exchanged barbs during a primetime debate Tuesday, Oct. 15, only weeks before the election.

Cruz, 53, fought back, seeking in the final weeks of the campaign to paint Allred as wanting to allow boys to play in girls sports. He also tied Allred, 43, to Vice President Kamala Harris, who was expected to lose the presidential vote in the state, calling the two Democrats “dos liberales,” or, “two liberals” in Spanish-language advertising.

Texas Rep. Colin Allred, the Democrat seeking to unseat Republican Senator Ted Cruz, publicly released an internal polling memo this week showing a tied race. His survey, conducted earlie