Cruz suspended his campaign one week ago when Trump won in, pushing Ohio Governor John Kasich out of the race and leaving the NY real estate mogul the all-but-certain nominee. “My assumption is that will not happen”, he said on his way to the airport to head back to Washington.
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But, Cruz added, “I have no interest in a third-party run”. “If there is a path to victory, we launched this campaign intending to win”. “If that changes”, he said, “we will certainly respond accordingly”.
Sen. Ted Cruz says he wants another term in the Senate.
Cruz was skeptical when he was asked if a primary victory in Nebraska, which is voting on Tuesday, would cause him to jump back into the race.
The only Texas Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate that raised more money was David Dewhurst, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 2003 to 2015.
The Texas senator, who suspended his presidential campaign last week after a crushing loss in the must-win in primary, said there is still plenty of time for him to make a decision on whom he will be voting for and supporting.
Republican contender John Kasich dropped out a day later and Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee. Cruz has already been mathematically eliminated from reaching that threshold, while Trump is poised to easily surpass it. “But ultimately he’s going – my sense is he’s going to continue to be who he is and that’s who the Republican voters nominated”.
“This election will be studied for the role of the media, and in particular network executives”, Cruz said.
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The Texas Senator also declined to say whether he would support former rival and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Cruz pointed out there are still two months until the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and six months until the general election, saying “we need to watch and see what the candidates say and do”. Numerous delegates who will be attending, though required to vote for Trump by state laws, are Cruz supporters who could be a powerful voice to put conservative priorities on the agenda.
