The Cruz campaign has undertaken a months-long effort to profile and target potential supporters, an approach his staff believes has helped propel the Texas senator to the top tier in many states, including Iowa, where he is now in first place.
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Trump on Cruz: “A Little Bit of a Maniac”
Donald Trump is expanding his criticism of Ted Cruz, once his closest ally in the Republican race for the White House.
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Cruz Surges To First Place In New Iowa Poll
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has edged closer to cementing his frontrunner status in the crucial early state of Iowa after claiming the top spot in a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll.
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In A First, Trump Goes On Offensive Against Cruz
Billionaire Donald Trump on Friday went on the offensive against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, putting an end to the most closely watched alliance in the GOP race for the White House.
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Cruz Plans Another Major Southern Swing
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is planning another major swing through the South to show off his presidential campaign’s organization deep into the primary calendar, visiting 12 cities over the course of a week.
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Roundup: Refugees, Visa Waivers, Supreme Court
In this special edition of the Political Roundup: Texas lawmakers introduce and advance legislation in Washington to create new curbs on Syrian refugees entering the country. And the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two Texas cases.
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Cruz Talks Foreign Policy, Deflects Question on Trump, Carson
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz declined to refute a report he questioned the foreign policy judgment of his two GOP rivals, real estate mogul Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
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Top Iowa Evangelical Leader Endorses Cruz
Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats on Thursday endorsed Ted Cruz for president, giving the Texas senator’s campaign one of its biggest boosts yet in the first-in-the-country caucus state.
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Cruz Revels in Finding Himself Under Siege
For months, Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign plodded along largely unscathed by his rivals for the White House, operating in relative obscurity as other candidates traded blows. Those days, it seems, are over.
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TribCast: Houston Mayor’s Race and Ted Cruz’s Iowa Surge
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the Houston mayoral runoff, Ted Cruz’s poll numbers in first-test Iowa and Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s “dogcatcher” comments on a fundraising call for his dad.
