More than 4.5 million people vote early in Texas

Early voter turnout in this year's mid-term elections in Texas would have exceeded total voter turnout in the 2014 mid-term elections in the state.

According to the Texas Tribune, more than 4,500,000 people in Texas voted in person during this year's advance polling period and more than 360,000 people voted by mail in only 30 counties.

Of the counties on which, according to the Tribune, resides the vast majority of registered voters in the state, nearly 40% of the 12.3 million residents registered in these counties have already done so.

Preliminary data collected from these counties through the Texas State Secretary's Office show that, within 12 days of advance state voting, these 30 counties had already exceeded the rate. voter turnout not only from the previous mid-term elections of 2014, but also from the 2012 presidential election in the state.

The report comes as Republican Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzO & Rourke: "Avenatti does not represent" most Democrats: Congress must give priority to the reform of sentencing for public safety. continues to face a difficult reelection from the Democratic Representative. Beto O 'RourkeRobert (Beto) Francis O'RourkeO's Rourke: "Avenatti does not represent" the majority of Democratic voters. Early vote exceeds 2014 totals in at least 27 states, Cruz suggests O'Rourke campaign funds be used for "people coming here illegally" in the Texas Senate race closely watched.

O'Rourke said on Friday he thought the massive turnout of voters indicated he was about to become the first Democrat to be elected to a position in the state of Texas in more than 20 years.

"If North Texas continues to post a record number of records we have seen, shattering each mid-term total as long as we look at them, in some cases competing with voter turnout, we will win this award . " O 'Rourke said after a rally on Friday, according to Dallas News.

"The best thing I can do is continue to be with the people of North Texas, as we have been doing for almost two years," he said.

Although Texas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate for decades, a number of polls have found a reduction in the margin between the two candidates.