CNN will host a live hourlong town hall session with Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-El Paso) next week.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declined the network's offer to do his own town hall.
Dana Bash, chief political correspondent for CNN, will host the Texas Senate Town Hall on Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. from McAllen Performing Arts Center in the Rio Grande Valley.
According to CNN, Cruz "declined CNN's invitation to participate in the town hall."