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This combination of images shows from left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in Oklahoma City, on April 13, 2022, and Democratic opponent, Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, in Chicago, on Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki, left; and Paul Sancya, File)

Sen. Ted Cruz wards off Rep. Colin Allred in tight Texas Senate race

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, addresses supporters during a campaign event, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Keller, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Trump gives Sen. Ted Cruz a boost in tough Texas battle

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, speaks during the Democratic National Convention Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Ted Cruz and Colin Allred wage another big U.S. Senate fight in Texas

Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., speaks during the Republican National Convention, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Cruz still favorite in Texas Senate race, but Democrats coming on

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., speaks during the Republican National Convention Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Sen. Ted Cruz to Trump: Do the debate under any rules Harris wants

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A demonstrator, one of many, is taken into custody after protesting the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

GOP senators investigating federal response to violent pro-Hamas protests in Washington

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., speaks during the Republican National Convention Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Ted Cruz says White House diversity efforts leave undersea cables unfunded, vulnerable

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, hosts a roundtable on the future of college athletics and the need to codify name, image and likeness rights for student-athletes on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Ted Cruz demands info on DOJ’s ‘politically-driven prosecution’ of transgender care whistleblower

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Lab staff prepare small petri dishes, each holding several 1-7 day old embryos, for cells to be extracted from each embryo to test for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Republican senators’ bill aims to protect IVF

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A migrant observes migrants who breached the concertina wire on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas on Thursday, March 21, 2024. The migrants were hoping to be processed by Border Patrol. (Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times via AP)

Sen. Ted Cruz calls foreign aid package without border measures ‘disappointing’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Former University of Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban, from left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Jim Phillips, former University of Miami student-athlete Hanna Cavinder and TCU student-athlete Haley Cavinder participate in a roundtable on the future of college athletics and the need to codify name, image and likeness rights for student athletes, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sen. Ted Cruz: There’s a 50-50 chance of Congress passing college sports legislation in 2024

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, addresses supporters during an election night gathering, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Democrat Colin Allred wins Senate primary in Texas, to challenge Ted Cruz

By Paul J. Weber and Sean Murphy - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as he and others appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on online child safety on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington. Sen. Cruz introduced a bill Tuesday that would block Federal Air Marshal Service agents from going to the southern border unless Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas verifies that a border crisis exists. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Cruz calls McConnell’s backing of border deal his top blunder

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Senators met earlier with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he issued a plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued wartime funding for Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate border deal reignites conservative fury against McConnell, calls for his ouster

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to the media during a press conference on the border, Sept. 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Ted Cruz endorses Trump, adding to ex-president’s Senate tally

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A sales associate arranges a display of guns at a firearms store in Burbank, Calif., June 23, 2022 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Bold & Blunt: Big Business caught stealing away gun rights

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Lina Khan, the nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, April 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans who say the Federal Trade Commission has been overzealous and politicized under President Joe Biden are set to interrogate agency head Lina Khan on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)

‘Unthinkable’: FTC’s work with foreign regulators under fire from Congress

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A Chinese microchip is seen through a microscope set up at the booth for the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which is aimed at driving China's semiconductor ambitions during the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo in Beijing, China, on May 17, 2018. China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over high-tech trade ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit to Beijing this week. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Measure in defense bill seeks to curb China’s lead in computer chip production

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Democratic Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez speaks during a news conference at a town square in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Gutierrez, who has pushed for police accountability and tougher gun laws after the Uvalde school shooting, announced Monday, July 10, 2023, he will run for U.S. Senate in 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Democrat Roland Gutierrez joins U.S. Senate race in Texas after pressing for action over Uvalde

By Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

Rep Colin Allred, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Allred says he'll run for the U.S. Senate in 2024, becoming an early challenger to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Rep. Allred raises more than $6 million for Senate challenge against Ted Cruz

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times