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House Democrat calls bid to unseat Cruz key to flipping Senate News Fix ^ | April 1, 2017 | CNN Wire Posted on 4/1/2017, 2:52:24 PM by 2ndDivisionVet (CNN) — Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke knows most people are already writing off his long-shot bid to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, but he argues his race could be the key to flipping the Senate in 2018. “I’d like nothing more for the establishment to count us out,” O’Rourke told CNN in a phone interview from El Paso. The 44-year-old third-term House Democrat isn’t hiring pollsters or campaign consultants and is sticking with a pledg