Cruz Campaign Hires Texas State Director
The presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has hired a Texas state director to help deliver a home-state victory for the Republican presidential candidate. Full Story
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Texas Delegation Spends Campaign Cash on White House Hopefuls
Members of Texas' congressional delegation are making their support for presidential candidates known — in thousand-dollar increments from their own campaign accounts. Full Story
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Media Beef Sizzling, Cruz Hunts with Reporters
After a week in which his disdain for the so-called “mainstream media” reached new heights, Ted Cruz did what any White House hopeful would do: He went hunting with a bunch of unarmed journalists. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters Saturday while pheasant hunting in Akron, Iowa. The presidential candidate was visiting the early voting state at the end of a week in which his frustrations with the media seemed to reach a new high.]()
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In Iowa, Cruz Hunts for Key Endorsement
If Iowa Congressman Steve King's friendship with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz yields an endorsement, it could boost Cruz's hopes in early voting Iowa and help Cruz illustrate that conservatives are lining up behind his campaign. Full Story
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Roundup: Cruz, Patrick & Dallas County's "Sanctuary"
In the Roundup: Ted Cruz shines in the latest GOP presidential debate, lays out his tax plan and picks up an endorsement from a popular conservative here at home. Plus, Gov. Greg Abbott challenges Dallas County’s "sanctuary" policies. Full Story
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Cruz Looks to Capitalize on Breakout Debate
The day after a breakout moment on the debate stage that lit up social media and pumped more than $1 million into his campaign coffers, Ted Cruz sought to convert it all into momentum in a presidential race where he still badly trails. Full Story
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Video: Hecht on U.S. Supreme Court "Lawlessness"
At our 10/29 conversation, Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court addressed the recent pushback against the "lawlessness" of the U.S. Supreme Court's unelected jurists. Full Story
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Cruz Unveils "Simple Flat Tax" Plan
Ted Cruz unveiled a plan late Wednesday that calls for a "simple flat tax" of 10 percent and promises to grow the U.S. economy by nearly 14 percent a decade from now. Full Story
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In Texas Turf Battle With Cruz, Bush Camp Asks: "Where's the Accomplishments?"
BOULDER, Colo. — As Ted Cruz looks to consolidate the support of home-state Republicans, one rival campaign that also has deep ties to Texas is pushing back a bit — and questioning what the U.S. senator has done for his constituents. Full Story
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Lighting Up in Debate, Cruz Rips into Moderators
Ted Cruz excoriated moderators Wednesday night in easily his most animated moment on the debate stage since he launched his presidential campaign. Full Story
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What to Watch For in Cruz's Third GOP Debate
Ted Cruz escaped from the first two Republican presidential debates largely unscathed, but he could be a bigger target in round three. Here are five things to watch for as Cruz prepares to take the debate stage in Boulder. Full Story
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Hispanic Conservatives Blast Trump, Watching Cruz
Declaring Donald Trump anathema to the Latino community, Hispanic conservative leaders issued a stern warning Tuesday to other Republican presidential candidates who adopt the billionaire's hardline immigration views. Full Story
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Cruz’s Quiet Fundraising Strength: A Network of Wealthy Donors
For all his bashing of “billionaire Republican donors” who “actively despise our base,” Ted Cruz, the anti-establishment senator from Texas, is being bolstered by his own robust base of wealthy contributors. Full Story
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Video: Cruz Lands Backing of Patrick, 2 Railroad Commissioners
U.S. Sen. and GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz came home to Houston on Monday to announce a few key endorsements, including one from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Full Story
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Seeking To Show Texas GOP Unity, Cruz Unveils Patrick Endorsement
Seeking to show Texas Republicans are coalescing behind his presidential effort, Ted Cruz on Monday unveiled the endorsement of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Full Story
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Cruz Wins Support of Patrick, Former Perry Donors
In a move that further consolidates his home-state support, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has won the backing of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as well as a raft of major financial boosters of former Gov. Rick Perry. Full Story
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As Bush Stumbles, Cruz Camp Claims Momentum
With 100 days to the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is offering a confident outlook on his long-term viability, heartened by expectations-busting fundraising and a far-reaching ground game. Full Story
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Roundup: Planned Parenthood, Cruz-Bush, Death Row
In the Roundup: Planned Parenthood gets the boot from Texas Medicaid, tensions between George W. Bush and Ted Cruz emerge in news reports, and the state is on track to see a lower number of death sentences handed down in 2015 than it has in decades. Full Story
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Analysis: When Apathy Becomes a Political Tactic
Election turnout surged the last time Texas votes really mattered in a presidential primary, but the 2008 runoffs a month later were marked by a full relapse of electoral anemia. It could happen again next year, and some challengers are counting on it. Full Story
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Cruz-Bush Tensions Magnified as 2016 Race Heats Up
Former President George W. Bush's criticism of Ted Cruz this week revived one of the central tensions of the Texas Republican senator's run for president: his years working for — and enthusiastically supporting — the Bushes. Full Story
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