IS ON ASSIGNMENT TONIGHT. GLAD TO HAVE YOU JOINING US THIS TUESDAY. LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT. >> FOX 31 NEWS, YOUR LOCAL ELECTION HEADQUARTERS. >> U.S. SENATOR TED CRUZ WAS AN EAST TEXAS TODAY GIVING A KEYNOTE SPEECH TO LOCAL BUILDERS WHERE HE SPOKE ON THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND WHY HE'S CAMPAIGNING SO MUCH HERE IN EAST TEXAS. >> SENATOR TED CRUZ SPOKE TO MORE THAN 200 MEMBERS OF THE TYLER AREA. BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND SEVERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN TYLER TUESDAY. PLEASED TO HONOR A THAT'S A FIRST COME TODAY AND GIVE A KEYNOTE SPEECH. >> WITH THAT, I WELCOME SENATOR CRUZ. >> A 3RD TIME CRUZ HAS BEEN IN THE PINEY WOODS AND THE LAST 3 WEEKS. >> AND THAT'S WHY I'M BACK HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS YOU ALL BELIEVE IN STRONG CONSERVATIVE COMMON SENSE TIMES AS RACES IN THE STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECOME TIGHTER AS YEARS, GO BY, YOU KNOW, MADE A VERY DELIBERATE IS AGED TO LEAD IN WRESTLING WORLD, TEXAS, TO LEAD AN EAST, TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. >> HE SAYS WITHOUT EAST TEXAN SUPPORT IN A 2018 ELECTION, HE LIKELY WOULDN'T BE IN OFFICE TODAY. >> I WANT TO EAST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. 75 20 FA. >> HOWEVER, THE SENATOR FEARS DUE TO AN INFLUX OF NEW PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER STATES. TEXAS IS TURNING PURPLE. >> AND THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS. PEOPLE COME TO TEXAS WITH THE NUMBER ONE REASON TEXAS AND MORE JOBS. I MEAN, WE GOT TO FIGHT FOR SURE. >> FOR THIS VISIT, THE SENATE ARE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC POLICIES WHILE CRITICIZING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. THIS COUNTRY IS FACING CHALLENGES. >> UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER >> AND A GENERAL ELECTION JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN 2 MONTHS AWAY. RACHEL DAVIS, FOX, 51 NEWS. >> AS A REMINDER, IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO VOTE THIS FALL, THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE HERE IN TEXAS OCTOBER THE 7TH, WE'VE GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION. I HAD TO GET REGISTERED TO