![]() ![]() Party time: Former President Donald Trump has only sparingly mentioned the word “Republican” as in speeches, interviews, and videos, NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard and Jonathan Allen report. ![]() “That is not somehow peripheral to doing the job,” Cruz said. Cruz defended his podcasting, telling Insider that it is popular “because people found it valuable to understand what was happening in the Senate.” ![]() The race is already getting heated, with Allred criticizing Cruz for spending time hosting a podcast, which releases three episodes per week. ![]() But a well-funded Democratic challenger could force Republicans to spend money in the Lone Star state, diverting money away from Republican efforts to flip blue Senate seats. Allred’s House campaign had $2.2 million, which could be transferred to his Senate run.Īs we wrote yesterday, Texas is one of Senate Democrats’ few pickup opportunities next year, and a tough one at that. Cruz did end the first fundraising quarter on March 31 with $3.3 million in his campaign account. Ted Cruz raised during the first three months of the year, when he hauled in $1.3 million. Allred raised more than $2 million in the first 36 hours of his campaign, NBC News’ Daniel Arkin reports. ![]()
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