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Cruz for President
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Campaign Republican primaries
U.S. presidential election, 2016
Candidate Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator (2013–present)
Affiliation Republican Party
Status Announced March 23, 2015
Suspended May 3, 2016
Headquarters P.O. Box 25376
Houston, Texas
Key people Jeff Roe, campaign manager, Jason Johnson , chief strategist
Receipts US$14,349,160 (2015-06-30)
Slogan Courageous Conservatives,
Reigniting the Promise of America

The 2016 presidential campaign of Ted Cruz, the junior United States Senator from Texas, was announced through social media and later event at Liberty University on March 23, 2015. Cruz has been seen as a potential candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States since shortly after taking office in 2013.

Background

Leading up the 2016 presidential election cycle, commentators expressed their opinion that Cruz would run for President in 2016. On March 14, 2013, he gave the keynote speech at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. He tied for 7th place in the 2013 CPAC straw poll on March 16, winning 4% of the votes cast. He performed even more strongly in the 2014 CPAC straw poll, coming in second with 11% behind Kentucky senator Rand Paul. In the 2015 CPAC poll, he came in third with 11.5% behind Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and Paul.

On April 27, 2016, Cruz named former GOP candidate and businesswoman Carly Fiorina as his running mate.

On May 3, 2016, after loosing the Indiana primaries to Donald Trump, Cruz suspended his campaign.

Campaign

Cruz announced his campaign for the presidency on March 23, 2015, at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the student convocation. He became the first announced major Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 campaign.

In the first few months of the campaign, Cruz held campaign rallies in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Images for kids

  • Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 5

    Senator Cruz speaking at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland

  • HeidiTedCruzVers2Houston31MARCH2015 - Copy

    Cruz with his wife Heidi at a rally in Houston, March 2015

  • Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 7

    Cruz speaking at an event hosted by the Iowa Republican Party in October 2015

  • Ted Cruz presidential campaign logo old

    Pre-April 2016 campaign logo

  • Ted Cruz supporters in Naples Florida, January 2016.

    Ted Cruz supporters in Naples, Florida, January 2016


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