Note: I despise Cruz and this Beto would be the right choice, but it is gerrymandered, vote superssin', and deeply racist Texas we are talking about.

Note 2: If you live in Texas turn out and VOTE! He could still win (but he won't.)

So how does losing make him seems as a national candidate?

Also did the excitement factor cause a race that was never that close to "seem closer" for a while then to see "more unwinnable" now that it ever was?

Will he be able to go national if the first thing that can be said about him is "He lost to Ted Cruz- a person no one likes."