In the aftermath of a disastrous midterm for Republicans, the blame game largely focuses on former President Donald Trump’s continuation ballot box toxicity. But conservatives may also want to turn a more critical eye on the profile of another self-styled GOP influencer: Senator Ted Cruz.
Cruz has put her stamp on more than two dozen GOP midterm candidates this term, and it’s not going well. Most of them lost or, with some totals still dripping, are now losing.
Cruz focuses her support on the House races, most specifically 24 of the 25 participating candidates.”Cruz 25 for 22 Winning Funds“common fundraising committee. Out of 24 candidates, only 9 have won or are currently leading in their races. The group features only one of Cruz’s fellow senators, Mike Lee, who won re-election after overcoming a surprisingly tough challenge from independent candidate Evan McMullin.
The super PAC “Truth and Courage” attached to Cruz is even worse. The public group affiliated with Cruz—to a degree possibly illegal—Win only one of these three races that it sponsored. That would be the victory that Representative-elect Cory Mills scored against Karen Green in an open seat in Florida.
Two other candidates, New Hampshire’s Karoline Leavitt and Virginia’s Yesli Vega—both of the Who cherish the far-right figures in their campaigns – having lost elections, in races where Republicans invest big. And while Leavitt and Vega are also part of Cruz’s “25 for 22” team, Mills, the super PAC winner, is not a member.
Cruz is also tied to a joint committee for several Senate candidates. That group,”Win the Senate 2022, ” Counts his PAC leadership alongside Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). Of the five 2022 candidates on the committee, three have won their race: Katie Britt of Alabama, J.D. Vance of Ohio, and Ted Budd of North Carolina. Dr. Mehmet Oz admit in Pennsylvania and Adam Laxalt lost in Nevada.
And with that record, the outspoken conservative of Texas announced— the day after the election — that he would be the first official to appear personally in Georgia for the Republican Herschel Walker campaign.
For Cruz, it seemed like a newly formed enthusiasm. While he did it first appearance in Georgia to support Walker, football legend was not included in Cruz and Cornyn’s joint fundraising, and no Cruz-related committee has granted Walker any funds for the general election, according to available federal campaign finance. data.
The move comes as GOP advisers and power brokers — fearing a repeat of the 2021 Georgia contests, where Democrats flip two seats — are beg Trump to stay out of the flow, and even delay announcing his predicted 2024 candidacy until after the race is decided.
However, Cruz also made himself into the 2021 qualifiers. By then, he was running Facebook ads in Georgia asking for donations to give Republicans a majority in the Senate.
“Snatch guns, raise taxes, open borders, and get placed on the Supreme Court. That’s the agenda of the Radical Democrats if they win the Georgia Senate election,” Cruz said in the ad, calling for a small dollar donation to what he calls the “Keep Georgia fund.” Red”.
Unfortunately for the Georgia GOP candidates, all money went straight to Ted Cruzand both Republicans lost.
But it’s not just Cruz’s candidates who have poor records; he also tested the limits of the law to do just that.
One “Flagrantly skeptical“Electoral law troll, Cruz’s political efforts this year appeared to knock out rules designed to keep candidates out of super PACs. Daily Beast previous report There is an amazingly coincidental relationship between Cruz and super PAC Truth and Courage, both between the group’s major sponsors and its suppliers.
Campaign finance laws make it illegal for a candidate to establish, direct, fund, or control an unlimited crowdfunding super PAC. And Cruz went so far as to make personal appearance in Truth and Courage fundraising events around the country — even a store Is called it was “Crusus’s PAC Tour“ Truth and Courage”-ask a question about what exactly he is campaigning for.
Super PAC site promote national tour with Cruz, picking out four Senate candidates: Laxalt, Walker, Vance and Blake Masters of Arizona. Only Vance won the election.
And earlier this year, Cruz filed some strange reports suggesting he has turned his own campaign into a super PAC, made a series of independent expenditures on behalf of a former employee, Cassy Garcia – while possibly violating coordination rules. The rise helped push Garcia to push boundaries in her Texas elementary school.
On Tuesday, Garcia lost to Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in the general election.
