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Speaking to Reuters before addressing a packed rally at the
University of Texas in Austin last week, O'Rourke said: "We have
not seen it before, maybe in part because we haven't seen a
campaign like this before.
"No PAC money, no special interests, going to every single one
of the 254 counties, no matter how reliably Republican, no
matter how reliably Democrat," he said.
O'Rourke fired up the crowd with promises to tackle rising
education and healthcare costs and protect women's access to
abortion.
The Texas Senate race is considered a pivotal one in the Nov. 6
elections. Democrats need to gain two seats to win control of
the Senate from Republicans.
Across the state, in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Cruz, speaking
to supporters in a sunny restaurant beer garden, highlighted his
differences with O'Rourke.
"There is no race in the country with a starker divide than this
U.S. Senate race here in the state of Texas," Cruz told a
cheering crowd, heavy with red "Make America Great Again"
baseball caps, a trademark of Trump's presidential campaign, and
a smattering of cowboy hats. "On taxes, he's for them, I'm
against them," he said.
(Reporting by Jane Ross in Austin and Plano, Texas; Editing by
Leslie Adler)
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