On the local radio show, they asked Leppert supporters who they would vote for in the run off.
Hard to tell where they would go at this point but that maybe a good sign for Cruz as Leppert was more of a regional candidate as opposed to statewide I’d guess. I haven’t looked at county by county returns, just an opinion. Leppert did have some money, 8 million plus of which 4 million or so came from his personal finances. But the DFW area was his home area.
You have a point about him being a regional candidate, but hopefully his statewide appeal was that he was not a political insider.