The Hill

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) leads his Democratic opponent Rep. Colin Allred by just 4 points in a race Democrats would love to seriously compete in, according to a new poll.

The poll from the University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) showed Cruz leading Allred with 43 percent support to the representative’s 39 percent among registered voters. Five percent said they would support Libertarian Ted Brown, and 10 percent said they were undecided.

In a survey of likely voters, Cruz’s lead decreases slightly to 3 points, 45 percent to 42 percent, with 5 percent still for Brown and 7 percent undecided.