INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ted Cruz was backed by a galaxy of stars from Beyonce to Jim Carrey and LeBron James
one of America's most expensive and closely watched midterm races, US news networks projected Tuesday.Cruz -- a 47-year-old who battled
President Donald Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination -- overcame major deficits in fundraising to ultimately defeat his
charismatic rival, whose campaign electrified Democrats across the country and was backed by a galaxy of stars from Beyonce to Jim Carrey
and LeBron James.A win for O'Rourke, 46, a three-time congressman and former punk rocker whose given names are Robert Francis but who goes
by Beto, would have amounted to a political earthquake in the reliably Republican "Lone Star State," but he ultimately fell short.Cruz's
campaign meanwhile was given a late boost by his former rival Trump, who belatedly stumped for the Cuban American two weeks before the
vote.During the 2016 campaign, Trump infamously insulted the looks of Cruz's wife Heidi, vaguely suggested Cruz's father had played a role
boost for the Republican party as it looked set to retain control of the upper chamber of Congress.(Except for the headline, this story has
not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
