Good afternoon. It's Thursday, October 11th. I'm Elise Randall, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: A new Quinnipiac University poll released today has Democratic U.S Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, stalled at 9 percentage points behind Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, 54 percent to 45 percent, among likely voters. That’s right where the U.S. Senate race stood in its September 18th survey.