Good afternoon. It's Friday, October 12th. I'm Elise Randall, and here's your local news from the Austin American-Statesman. Our top story is: Taking the edge off yesterday’s poll that showed him trailing Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, by 9 points less than a month from Election Day, Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, announced today that he has raised more than $38.