Ted Cruz Tag

Ted Cruz TV Ads Charge Beto With Extremism and Revisit Cruz’s Role in Harvey Recovery

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 06, 2018 13 Comments

With a little more than 3 months to go, Ted Cruz's campaign is finally running TV ads in the Lone Star State. The only ad his campaign published on their YouTube channel is an ad reminding East Texas voters of Cruz's role in post-Harvey recovery.

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Progress Texas is Specifically Targeting Californians Asking for Donations to Defeat Ted Cruz

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 20, 2018 7 Comments

Progress Texas bills itself as a "Rapid response media and digital strategy promoting progressive ideals in Texas. We stand up for the left and fight the right."

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Beto O’Rourke’s Cavalier Use of the F-bomb on the Campaign Trail

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 18, 2018 30 Comments

Rep. Beto O'Rourke is Sen. Ted Cruz's Democrat challenger in the upcoming midterm race. Despite being a Congressman, O'Rourke has poised himself as a D.C. outsider, much like Cruz did in 2012. Contra to Cruz's polished, poised self, O'Rourke is scrappy and irreverent.

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Ted Cruz Targets Beto O’Rourke’s Stance on Israel

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 17, 2018 24 Comments

Sen. Ted Cruz's Senate re-election campaign is running ads swatting at his Democrat opponent, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, for his stance on Israel. According to Facebook, Cruz's campaign began running the ads Tuesday.

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Beto O’Rourke Flew to L.A. (AGAIN) to Fundraise for His Texas Senate Campaign

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 11, 2018 17 Comments

Democrat Senate Candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke might be a hit among the Lone Star State's recent liberal transplants, but jumping a plane to L.A. for a Hollywood fundraising gig is not a good look. And yet... Monday, Variety reported that Rep. O'Rourke was in L.A. "at the home of actress Nancy Stephens and director-producer Rick Rosenthal for an evening reception."

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Is This a Joke? Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign Keeps Texting Republican Activists Asking for Support

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 10, 2018 47 Comments

This is a lesson in buying bad data, one that's at least mildly humorous. Sen. Cruz's Democrat challenger, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, keeps texting right-leaning individuals who are politically active asking for their help. Not Rep. O'Rourke personally, of course, but his campaign.

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What’s inside Sen. Cruz’s emergency legislation to prevent immigrant child separation?

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 18, 2018 57 Comments

Sen. Cruz will be introducing legislation to curb instances child separation along the U.S. border.

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Ted Cruz Defeats Jimmy Kimmel In Charity Blobfish Basketball Classic

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 17, 2018 11 Comments

Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) faced off in a game of one-on-one, and Cruz beat Kimmel 11-9.  The loser agreed to donate $5,000 to the winner's charity of choice, though both charities—Cruz's choice Generation One and Kimmel's choice Texas Children's Hospital—were ultimately included.

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All The President’s Pardons

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 31, 2018 65 Comments

ALL the pardons! Thursday, Trump announced via Twitter that he will be issuing a full pardon to Dinesh D'Souza.

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Further Proof There’s No Blue Wave Coming to Texas: Cruz Leads O’Rourke by 11 Points in Latest Poll

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 30, 2018 16 Comments

I don't really want to say "told ya!", actually, yes, I kind of do. The latest Quinnipiac Poll conducted in the Texas Senate race shows Ted Cruz with a double-digit lead over Democrat contender, Rep. Beto O'Rourke. 11 points to be exact.

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Sarah Jessica Parker the Latest Non-Texan Celebrity to Support Beto O’Rourke

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 09, 2018 47 Comments

If you're running for Senate in Texas, coastal celebrity support ain't gonna do jack to get you over the finish line. Nevertheless, Sarah Jessica Parker is the latest celebrity to publicly show support for Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate running against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz.

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Here’s the problem with the Texas Senate Q Poll showing a close race

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 24, 2018 7 Comments

Last week, I blogged about a poll published by Quinnipiac University. The poll showed the upcoming Texas Senate election as too close to call. Sen. Ted Cruz has a formidable opponent in Rep. Beto O'Rourke, but no one in Texas believes the poll is close to reality. That's not to say that running as a favored incumbent in a deep red state should be taken for granted though. We discussed that issue and more here.

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Should Ted Cruz Be Worried About the Q Poll Showing the Race a Dead Heat?

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 19, 2018 47 Comments

Quinnipiac University released a poll Wednesday showing the Texas Senate race in a dead heat, with incumbent Sen. Cruz and his Democrat challenger, Rep. Beto O'Rourke within points of each other. Cruz's lead is within the poll's margin of error.

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Texas Senate Race Heats Up as Cruz Hammers O’Rourke on ‘Extreme’ Second Amendment Position

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 02, 2018 16 Comments

Senator Ted Cruz's re-election campaign is finally in full swing. Cruz's Democrat opponent is a young Congressman from El Paso, Rep. Beto O'Rourke. A seasoned campaigner, Cruz and his campaign crew are already playing hardball.

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Green groups back GOP on overhaul of Renewable Fuel Standard

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 17, 2018 39 Comments

Environmental groups once strongly supported the federal government’s sweeping ethanol mandate in the Renewable Fuel Standard over a decade ago, touting the fuel additive as a potential cure for the supposed climate crisis. Ten years later, these same groups are backing proposed Republican reforms to these regulations.

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Shortest Senate Race Ever: Beto O’Rourke Says He Doesn’t Think AR-15s Should Be Sold to the Public

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 12, 2018 73 Comments

Ted Cruz's Democrat opponent Rep. Robert O'Rourke just put a serious damper on his bid for a seat in the Big House (not that there was any serious competition before). Speaking at South by Southwest in Austin, O'Rourke said he doesn't think AR-15s should be sold to private citizens. Mind you, this is a TEXAS Senate race and us Texans have big love for our guns and our second amendment protections.

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Sen. Ted Cruz quick starts ad war against Democrat opponent Rep. Robert O’Rourke

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 07, 2018 1 Comment

"If you're gonna run in Texas, you can't be a liberal man"...

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No Blue Wave In Texas Primaries, Media Shocked That Texas Is Not Just Their Austin Friends

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 07, 2018 32 Comments

Today is a rough day to be a Texas Democrat. That blue wave we've heard about for months was more of a ripple. Months of wish casting, hoping, dreaming, pretending a blue wave was cresting in the Lone Star State, only to be clobbered by Republicans in voter turnout. Piece after piece was written about record Democrat turnout in early voting. The predictions had Texas Republicans rattled and Governor Abbott encouraging Republicans to get to the polls.

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