Original sentence: O'Rourke was the 2018 Democratic nominee for the Texas Senate race, which he lost to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz
Edited sentence: Not a dollar of O’Rourke’s campaign contributions were from special interest groups or PACs.O'Rourke was the 2018 Democratic nominee for the Texas Senate race, which he lost to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz by less than 3 percentage points — quite a feat for a Democratic senatorial candidate in a predominantly Republican (red) state.O’Rourke campaigned in every county in Texas, enabling him to organically raise campaign funds which were sent from all over the U