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Monday, June 06, 2011

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Ted Cruz’s Bid to Be the Next Republican Senator from Texas

Ted Cruz, a conservative popular among Tea Party activists, has raised more than $1 million this year in his bid for the Republican nomination to succeed three-term Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is retiring in 2012.

In an announcement today, Cruz says he’s received donations from 1,100 persons from 122 Texas towns and from 37 states. He announced his candidacy on January 19 and raised $100,000 a week for over 10 weeks.

Cruz’s fundraising in the first three months of 2011 signifies that he’s a serious candidate, though hardly a frontrunner. He’s never been elected to public office, but was considered a shoo-in to be elected state attorney general in 2010 if incumbent Greg Abbott had sought higher office. Abbott chose to run for reelection.

Cruz, 40, faces a crowded field in the Senate race. Five candidates have already announced. And when the Texas legislature adjourns in May, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst is likely to join the field. Dewhurst would be the instant frontrunner.

Some Texas Republicans think Cruz is overreaching in seeking the Senate seat and should wait until 2014 to run for attorney general. Cruz, after campaigning for AG for a year until Abbott decided to run again, thought otherwise.

“I believe I’ve got the strongest proven record as a conservative, standing up [and] fighting for conservative principles and winning on a national level,” he told the Texas Tribune recently.

Democrats haven’t won a statewide election in Texas since 1994, but some party leaders have suggested that Democratic prospects may be brighter next year. However, no Democrat has announced for Hutchison’s seat. Republicans believe the winner of their primary next March is all but certain to prevail in the general election next November.