Ted Cruz’s Texas

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “wasn’t up for re-election this year, but his presence was felt up and down the GOP primary ballot in the Lone Star State,” The Hill reports.

“The only candidate Cruz endorsed won her primary fight on Tuesday, while incumbent candidates he ignored went down to defeat. More generally, the upstart candidates who toppled Lieutenant Gov. David Dewhurst and 91-year-old Rep. Ralph Hall appealed to the same state conservatives who see Cruz as a hero.”