[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz;...US Senator from Texas. Republican contender for president in 2016, his stiff and abrasive manner earned him the title
most hated man in the Senate.After a close win over
Beto O'Rourke, who tried to out-Latino him, he grew a beard and let his biting wit shine through. Cruz's comments have been known to leave life-threatening wounds at better than forty feet...
endorsed Josh Mandel in the highly competitive Ohio Senate Republican primary on Monday.
Cruz hailed Mandel as a "proven fighter" against the Democrats and a champion of conservative causes, issuing a highly coveted endorsement in a primary that has often been dominated by forceful appeals to the Republican base.
"As our nation faces crisis after crisis under Joe
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, our country needs conservative fighters to stand up to the radical Democrats who want to exploit these problems to deliver socialism to America. That's why I am supporting Josh Mandel for U.S. Senate," Cruz said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
The endorsement comes at a time when polls have tightened between Mandel, a former state treasurer who was once the clear front-runner, and Mike Gibbons, a businessman. A RealClearPolitics polling aggregate of the race has Gibbons up by 1.3 percentage points over Mandel. The primary is currently slated to take place on May 3.
"Having Senator Cruz's support shows that he believes I am the only candidate in this U.S. Senate race who will have the backbone and courage to stand up alongside him in Washington and take on the party bosses, left-wing media, and powerful lobbyists," Mandel said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. "When I get to the Senate, I look forward to serving as a reinforcement for Senator Cruz as we stand up to Joe Biden and work to defeat the far-left's radical agenda."
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