Ted Cruz Campaigns for Alan Wilson in South Carolina Runoff

Ted Cruz held an ice cream social, a meet-and-greet with veterans, a roundtable with sheriffs and an evening rally at a barbecue joint in South Carolina on Monday. He traveled to the state to campaign for and endorse Alan Wilson, who won Tuesday’s Republican runoff for governor. Cruz endorsed Wilson after Pamela Evette advanced to the runoff.

A pro-Cruz super PAC launched television ads supporting Wilson. President Trump announced two days after the endorsement that he would support both candidates. Speaking to CNN in South Carolina, Cruz said he is “all in” on helping Republicans save their congressional majorities in the midterms.

“I will be on the road a lot campaigning for that, and there’ll be plenty of time to worry about future elections in the future,” he said. Cruz also endorsed Rick Jackson in the Georgia gubernatorial race. He reunited with Bob Vander Plaats in Iowa last month.

Cruz arrived in the Senate in 2013 and won the Iowa caucuses in 2016. He chairs the Senate Commerce Committee. ” He revived his call to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and put a “padlock” on its headquarters.

Cruz has voiced skepticism of President Trump’s tariff strategy and has publicly questioned the administration’s targeting of ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel. -Iran peace deal. JD Vance is leading the U.S.

Delegation in negotiations with Tehran. Cruz will address the Road to Majority Conference this week. His podcast “Verdict” airs multiple times a week and often reaches more than a million listeners. At CPAC earlier this year attendees polled on their pick for president in 2028 chose JD Vance as the overwhelming favorite, followed by Marco Rubio; 1% picked Ted Cruz.