Ted Cruz continues to blame close race on outspending by Democratic leadership – Washington Examiner

Jenny GoldsberryOctober 27, 2024

Senator Ted Cruz has attributed⁢ the tight race‌ in his upcoming ‌election against ‌Democratic challenger Collin Allred to the significant fundraising efforts by the Democratic Party. With less than a week until Election Day, Cruz faces a pivotal contest as the Democrats currently hold a majority in the Senate and are rallying support for Allred, ⁣including efforts from Vice President Kamala Harris and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has heavily invested in campaign funding. Cruz expressed‌ concern over the millions being spent against him, claiming that the financial backing from figures like Chuck Schumer and‍ George Soros has created an influx of campaign funds for his opponent. Meanwhile, Cruz noted that he ‍has not received any support from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Ted Cruz continues to blame close race on outspending by Democratic leadership

Sen. Ted Cruz credited the “relentless” fundraising by the Democratic Party for making his race against Rep. Collin Allred (D-TX) so close.

There is less than a week left until Election Day when Cruz will defend his seat in a closely contested Senate. At the moment, the Democratic Party holds the majority in the chamber and Vice President Kamala Harris rallied support for Allred in Texas this week to further secure their majority and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has helped fundraise. Meanwhile, Cruz hasn’t even received funds from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

“Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are spending millions unloading on us … they’re going to spend over $100 million from Chuck Schumer and George Soros,” Cruz said on Fox News’s Life Liberty and Levin Saturday. “Every day or two, we get another story. Schumer put another $3 million, Schumer put another $5 million in. We’ve just got money flowing into this.”

McConnell’s term is up in 2026. Republicans plan to pick his successor as leader a week after the election.

“These SOBs are trying to destroy America, and they see me as standing in their way and fighting to stop them. They want to get rid of me,” Cruz said. “The money flooding in against us is massive, so please go to TedCruz.org, contribute $10, $25, $50 bucks, maybe $100, $500, maybe even $1,000 but what I can tell you is $150 million coming in against you, it is relentless. It never, never stops.”

Cruz’s battle to maintain his seat gets closer with every cycle. In 2018, he kept it by 2.6 percentage points against former Rep. Beto O’Rourke.

When it comes to the senior senator of Texas John Cornyn (R-TX), he won his fourth term with a healthy 9.6 percentage point lead. Cornyn is committed to seeking reelection in 2026.

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