Past Contributions

• Rubio Sweeps Puerto Rico, Cruz Third

  By Patrick Svitek March 6, 2016

  U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was set Sunday to collect no delegates in Puerto Rico as fellow senator Marco Rubio swept the territorial primary in his second win of the presidential nominating race. Full Story 

• Cruz Goes Two for Four, Wins Kansas, Maine

  By Patrick Svitek March 5, 2016

  Ted Cruz handily won the Kansas and Maine GOP presidential caucuses Saturday, while losing to Donald Trump in Louisiana and Kentucky. Full Story 

• Cruz Gains Momentum as Anti-Trump Candidate

  By Patrick Svitek March 5, 2016

  Ted Cruz has gotten his groove back. After underwhelming performances in a number of contests since the Iowa caucuses, the U.S. senator from Texas on Saturday night decisively regained momentum with victories in Kansas and Maine. Full Story 

• Ted Cruz Counts on Rivals' Home-State Struggles

  By Patrick Svitek March 4, 2016

  U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign is hoping that March 15 will be a day of reckoning for Republican presidential rivals John Kasich and Marco Rubio, whose respective home states of Ohio and Florida head to the polls then. Full Story 

• Ted Cruz Snags Several of Jeb Bush's Money Men

  By Patrick Svitek, Jamie Lovegrove and John Reynolds March 3, 2016

  A couple of the closest races from Super Tuesday could be headed to recounts and Texas' first lady will help lead an outreach effort to women for the Ted Cruz presidential campaign. Full Story 

• In Another Chaotic Debate, Cruz Appeals to Anti-Trump Voters

  By Patrick Svitek March 3, 2016

  Ted Cruz has long yearned for a two-man race with Donald Trump, and on Thursday night, the Texas senator gave his most vocal audition yet. Full Story 

• Cruz Claims Wins in Texas, Oklahoma and Alaska

  By Patrick Svitek March 1, 2016

  Ted Cruz on Tuesday added two more wins in the Republican presidential primaries, claiming victory at home and in Oklahoma in an otherwise disappointing night for a campaign that had hoped to be closer than ever to the nomination by now. Full Story 

• Cruz: After Super Tuesday, Some Rivals Need to Consider Dropping Out

  By Patrick Svitek March 1, 2016

  Hours before polls closed in Super Tuesday states, Ted Cruz began making the argument that the results of the day's nominating contests should cause some his presidential rivals to consider dropping out of the race. Full Story 

• Texas Voters Head to Polls in 'Year of Chaos'

  By Patrick Svitek March 1, 2016

  Texas voters will head to the polls Tuesday in a consequential day for the presidential primaries that could reverberate down the ballot. Full Story 

• Cruz Makes 11th-Hour Push for Votes at Home

  By Patrick Svitek Feb. 29, 2016

  Ted Cruz on Monday barnstormed his home state in an 11th-hour effort to shore up the support he critically needs to keep arguing he is the most viable alternative to Donald Trump in the Republican presidential race. Full Story