Tomeka Weatherspoon:

With less than a month before the midterm election, Congressman Beto O'Rourke has campaigned to take Senator Ted Cruz's seat in the U.S. Senate, and he's received from record-breaking campaign donations, outraising the incumbent by more than 2-1.

But the odds are still stacked against him. Texas hasn't elected a Democrat statewide office in more than two decades.