The candidates in the U.S. Senate race in Texas exchanged barbs during a debate Oct. 15, only weeks before the election. Here's what they said.

The debate proved combative from start to finish, with Cruz and Allred trading barbs on nearly every issue that came up.

Ted Cruz posed for photos with supporters next to his campaign bus in downtown Waxahachie – a historic square complete with quaint shops and a storied, almost mythical-looking courthouse. The city is the seat of conservative Ellis County,