Ted Cruz goes all in for 2 former staffers in crowded races for U.S. House seats
By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
Feb 13, 2018 Updated 4 hrs ago NEW BRAUNFELS — A number of attendees at a mid-morning rally here for Chip Roy, a Republican candidate for Texas' 21st Congressional District, admitted they didn't know much — if anything — about Roy. But they did know one thing: He's been endorsed by his former boss, U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, and that counts for something in the most consequential part of an election year in Texas: the GOP primaries.
"Never heard of him at all, but if Ted Cruz supports him," Eddie Toro of Kyle said as he left the event with his wife, "we support him as well."
How much Cruz's backing counts for is about to be put to the test in a major way. In the March 6 primaries, he has gone all in for two former staffers — Roy and Jason Wright, who's running for the 5th District — in hopes of remaking part of the Texas delegation in his image as it goes through its biggest transformation in decades. That's because eight of the 36 U.S. House members from Texas — six of them Republicans — are not seeking re-election, creating a slew of vacancies enticing to a kingmaker like Cruz.
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