Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Colin Allred receive millions from donors outside Texas ahead of Election Day [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With individual donors giving more than $20 million to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his opponent Colin Allred this election season, an ABC News and ABC Owned Television Stations analysis found nearly half of those donations came from people who don’t even live in Texas.

Cruz, who was first elected to the Senate in 2012, is up for re-election and has raised about $9.5 million during the first six months of this year, according to campaign finance data.

He was out-funded by Allred, a Dallas native and fourth-generation Texan who raised $11.5 million in the first six months of this year.

Our analysis found that although Cruz received about $2 million fewer in donations than Allred, the senator had thousands more people donate to his campaign.

Our analysis used Federal Elections Commission campaign contributions data and U.S. Census data to examine individual donations to the Senate race during the first …