The Democratic congressman is polling closer to Sen. Ted Cruz in his challenge this year, and independent race rankers are noticing.

National Democrats are mulling whether they have cash and time to go all in against GOP-held Senate seats in Texas and Florida with one month out to the election. With signs that Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-MT) seat is slipping away in a race that could deliver the chamber majority to Republicans,

The State of Texas is about a month away from witnessing another closer-than-expected race between U.S. Representative Colin Allred, D-Texas, and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Cruz is the incumbent candidate who has been serving in office since 2013.