In Ad, Cruz Makes Commander-in-Chief Pitch to Iowans
Ted Cruz is ramping up his appeal to voters as the strongest potential commander-in-chief in the GOP presidential field. Full Story
Patrick Svitek was the primary political correspondent for The Texas Tribune. Patrick covered elections, state leaders, the Legislature and political trends across the state from 2015 until 2024. He previously worked for the Houston Chronicle's Austin bureau. Patrick graduated in 2014 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He is originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Ted Cruz is ramping up his appeal to voters as the strongest potential commander-in-chief in the GOP presidential field. Full Story
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday pushed back against claims that it was insensitive for him to hold a Second Amendment campaign event just days after a mass shooting under investigation as an act of terrorism. Full Story
Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is officially opening a hub in Iowa for volunteers who have been recruited from Texas to pitch in for the Republican candidate in the first-in-the-country caucus state. Full Story
Donald Trump's presidential campaign is putting in place an organization it hopes will to translate the massive crowds the billionaire has drawn across the state into actual votes in the March 1 primary. Full Story
Also, a couple of new names surface in a pair of South Texas political consultants and the spat continues between Ted Cruz and the ethanol lobby over subsidies. Full Story
Heidi Cruz, the wife of GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, on Thursday submitted the paperwork to get her husband on the ballot for the Texas primary. Full Story
Iowa's powerful ethanol lobby is going on the offensive against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz over his opposition to a fuel standard important to the corn-growing state, but the presidential hopeful is shooting back. Full Story
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday offered a spirited defense of Republicans on women's health issues, accusing Democrats of creating a phony "war on women" based on claims that his party wants to restrict access to birth control. Full Story
With two months until Iowa's first-in-the-country caucuses, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz finds his presidential bid riding a wave of momentum in the Hawkeye State. Full Story
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is condemning the fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado but also aggressively pushing back on suggestions the shooter was part of the anti-abortion movement. Full Story