Senator Ted Cruz

To the best of my knowledge, 99 of them stay out of primaries in their own state. And there's a reason for that. When you get involved in a primary in your own state, it's bad politics. It's stupid. It hurts you. Why? Because when you do it, the old rule of thumb is you get half their friends and all their enemies.

To the best of my knowledge, 99 of them stay out of primaries in their own state. And there's a reason for that. When you get involved in a primary in your own state, it's bad politics. It's stupid. It hurts you. Why? Because when you do it, the old rule of thumb is you get half their friends and all their enemies.

So when you jump in the middle, you're making enemies and you're costing yourself votes. I do it anyway. Every cycle, I have my team make an Excel spreadsheet of every vote a state legislator has cast on school choice. And if you're a Republican state rep or state senator, and you voted in favor of school choice, and you're otherwise relatively conservative, you are very likely to get my support.

So when you jump in the middle, you're making enemies and you're costing yourself votes. I do it anyway. Every cycle, I have my team make an Excel spreadsheet of every vote a state legislator has cast on school choice. And if you're a Republican state rep or state senator, and you voted in favor of school choice, and you're otherwise relatively conservative, you are very likely to get my support.

So when you jump in the middle, you're making enemies and you're costing yourself votes. I do it anyway. Every cycle, I have my team make an Excel spreadsheet of every vote a state legislator has cast on school choice. And if you're a Republican state rep or state senator, and you voted in favor of school choice, and you're otherwise relatively conservative, you are very likely to get my support.

But if you haven't, if you voted against choice, the chance of my supporting you is zero. And if you have at all a credible primary challenger, it is very likely I'm going to endorse your primary challenger. And when I do it, I don't do so gently. I come in and I do radio ads. I do TV ads. I do rallies. I campaign.

But if you haven't, if you voted against choice, the chance of my supporting you is zero. And if you have at all a credible primary challenger, it is very likely I'm going to endorse your primary challenger. And when I do it, I don't do so gently. I come in and I do radio ads. I do TV ads. I do rallies. I campaign.

But if you haven't, if you voted against choice, the chance of my supporting you is zero. And if you have at all a credible primary challenger, it is very likely I'm going to endorse your primary challenger. And when I do it, I don't do so gently. I come in and I do radio ads. I do TV ads. I do rallies. I campaign.

And over the last six years, there have been a bunch of Republican state reps who voted the wrong way on choice. And we've come in and beaten them. We brought in someone new who's going to stand for the kids of Texas.

And over the last six years, there have been a bunch of Republican state reps who voted the wrong way on choice. And we've come in and beaten them. We brought in someone new who's going to stand for the kids of Texas.

And over the last six years, there have been a bunch of Republican state reps who voted the wrong way on choice. And we've come in and beaten them. We brought in someone new who's going to stand for the kids of Texas.

And so I was on the floor of the House, and then I went back to the Speaker's office, and I was meeting one-on-one with a whole bunch of state reps and making the case what you're doing right now is a big deal. And I'll tell you, Ben, I announced today I'm spending a quarter million dollars, $250,000.

And so I was on the floor of the House, and then I went back to the Speaker's office, and I was meeting one-on-one with a whole bunch of state reps and making the case what you're doing right now is a big deal. And I'll tell you, Ben, I announced today I'm spending a quarter million dollars, $250,000.

And so I was on the floor of the House, and then I went back to the Speaker's office, and I was meeting one-on-one with a whole bunch of state reps and making the case what you're doing right now is a big deal. And I'll tell you, Ben, I announced today I'm spending a quarter million dollars, $250,000.

running TV ads all across Texas, running them over the top, directly connecting with voters, also sending texts, supporting 14 state reps, freshman state reps, Republicans, and thanking them. for supporting school choice. Now, look, the teachers unions are spending massive amounts of money attacking these Republicans, trying to scare them into voting the wrong way.

running TV ads all across Texas, running them over the top, directly connecting with voters, also sending texts, supporting 14 state reps, freshman state reps, Republicans, and thanking them. for supporting school choice. Now, look, the teachers unions are spending massive amounts of money attacking these Republicans, trying to scare them into voting the wrong way.

running TV ads all across Texas, running them over the top, directly connecting with voters, also sending texts, supporting 14 state reps, freshman state reps, Republicans, and thanking them. for supporting school choice. Now, look, the teachers unions are spending massive amounts of money attacking these Republicans, trying to scare them into voting the wrong way.

And so I'm spending from my own political resources to say thank you to them, to support them, to buck them up, to give air support. Texas is going to get this done. And I'll tell you, I have been leading the fight for a long time. I've never been more excited about school choice in Texas than I am right now.

And so I'm spending from my own political resources to say thank you to them, to support them, to buck them up, to give air support. Texas is going to get this done. And I'll tell you, I have been leading the fight for a long time. I've never been more excited about school choice in Texas than I am right now.

And so I'm spending from my own political resources to say thank you to them, to support them, to buck them up, to give air support. Texas is going to get this done. And I'll tell you, I have been leading the fight for a long time. I've never been more excited about school choice in Texas than I am right now.