Ted Cruz faces new Senate challenge as Democrat attracts huge fundraising haul

Congressman Colin Allred raises $10.9m - $2m more than Cruz - towards effort to unseat Texas Republican

The Texas Republican senator Ted Cruz spent time last weekend hobnobbing with Liz Truss, the shortest-serving British prime minister - but news closer to home suggested he might have reason to fear for his own job security.

As reported by the Dallas Morning News and the Texas Tribune, the Democratic congressman Colin Allred, Cruz's most likely opponent for re-election next year, reported $10.9m raised since declaring his candidacy in May.