Ted Cruz to seek reelection to Senate in 2024

Sen. Ted Cruz advised reporters on Tuesday that he’ll run for a 3rd time period within the Senate in 2024 – an assertion that means the Texas Republican isn’t planning a presidential bid.

Whereas Texas legislation permits a candidate to run for Senate and president on the similar time, Cruz mentioned this when requested if he had been operating for reelection or would mount one other bid on the White Home: “I’m operating for reelection to the Senate.”

Cruz had run for president in 2016 however fell brief to former President Donald Trump throughout a bitter major contest. However forward of 2024, Cruz has as an alternative been taking to steps to construct a reelection bid, telling his supporters that he expects Democrats to pour big sums of money to attempt to unseat him.

However as Cruz prepares to run once more for Senate, the 2024 Republican presidential discipline is now beginning to take form. Former South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley introduced earlier within the day in a video that she’s going to run for president in 2024, turning into the primary main rival to problem Trump for the GOP nomination.

Cruz has hinted earlier than that he hopes to launch one other White Home bid in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.

“Look, I hope to run once more,” the Texas Republican advised The Christian Science Monitor in 2019. “We got here very, very shut in 2016. And it’s essentially the most enjoyable I’ve ever had in my life.”