{"id":2360181,"date":"2024-10-27T11:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-continues-to-blame-close-race-on-outspending-by-democratic-leadership-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:42:33","slug":"ted-cruz-continues-to-blame-close-race-on-outspending-by-democratic-leadership-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-continues-to-blame-close-race-on-outspending-by-democratic-leadership-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz continues to blame close race on outspending by Democratic leadership &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-continues-to-blame-close-race-on-outspending-by-democratic-leadership-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2360181&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Ted Cruz has attributed\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fake-kamala-got-loomered-laura-loomer-catches-kamala-harris-body-double-at-palm-beach-polling-place-video-photos\/\" title=\"FAKE KAMALA GOT LOOMERED! --Laura Loomer Catches Kamala Harris BODY DOUBLE at Palm Beach Polling Place! (VIDEO -PHOTOS)\">tight race<\/a>\u200c in his upcoming \u200celection against \u200cDemocratic challenger Collin Allred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-ethics-scrutiny-liberal-dark-money-behemoth-arabella-advisors-discloses-1-3-billion-fundraising-haul\/\" title=\"Liberal dark money giant Arabella Advisors reveals .3B fundraising amid ethics scrutiny.\">significant fundraising efforts<\/a> by the Democratic Party. With less than a week until \u200bElection Day, Cruz faces a pivotal contest as the Democrats currently hold a majority in the Senate and are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomos-office-wants-a-fresh-communications-director\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Office WANTS A FRESH Communications Director\">rallying support<\/a> for Allred, \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-ethiopian-diplomat-resigns-in-protest-of-countrys-genocide\/\" title=\"Longtime Ethiopian Diplomat Resigns in Protest of Country\u2019s Genocide\">including efforts<\/a> from Vice President Kamala Harris and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has heavily invested in campaign funding. Cruz expressed\u200c concern over the millions being spent against him, claiming that the financial backing from figures like Chuck Schumer and\u200d George Soros has created an influx of campaign funds for his opponent. Meanwhile, Cruz noted that he \u200dhas not received any support from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ted Cruz continues to blame close race on outspending by Democratic leadership<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1845024\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3189597\/ted-cruz-final-swipe-colin-allred-ahead-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ted Cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> credited the &ldquo;relentless&rdquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fundraising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fundraising<\/a> by the Democratic Party for making his race against Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3199749\/ted-cruz-colin-allred-tight-senate-race-trump-harris-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ted Cruz\">Collin Allred<\/a> (D-TX) so close.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>There is less than a week left until Election Day when Cruz will defend his seat in a closely contested Senate. At the moment, the Democratic Party holds the majority in the chamber and Vice President Kamala Harris rallied support for Allred in Texas this week to further secure their majority and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has helped fundraise. Meanwhile, Cruz hasn&rsquo;t even received funds from Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Mitch-McConnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are spending millions unloading on us &hellip; they&rsquo;re going to spend over $100 million from Chuck Schumer and George Soros,&rdquo; Cruz said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Life Liberty and Levin<\/em> Saturday. &ldquo;Every day or two, we get another story. Schumer put another $3 million, Schumer put another $5 million in. We&rsquo;ve just got money flowing into this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2664186&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=ea6bc177f603c400e5ffaa26a2c15300\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>McConnell&rsquo;s term is up in 2026. Republicans plan to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3167144\/senate-republicans-date-leadership-elections-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pick his successor<\/a>&nbsp;as leader a week after the election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These SOBs are trying to destroy America, and they see me as standing in their way and fighting to stop them. They want to get rid of me,&rdquo; Cruz said. &ldquo;The money flooding in against us is massive, so please go to TedCruz.org, contribute $10, $25, $50 bucks, maybe $100, $500, maybe even $1,000 but what I can tell you is $150 million coming in against you, it is relentless. It never, never stops.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cruz&rsquo;s battle to maintain his seat gets closer with every cycle. In 2018, he kept it by 2.6 percentage points against former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/beto-orourke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Beto O&rsquo;Rourke<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the senior senator of Texas John Cornyn (R-TX), he won his fourth term with a healthy 9.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">6 percentage point lead<\/a>. Cornyn is committed to seeking reelection in 2026. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1845024\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1845024\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cruz attributes tight race to Democratic fundraising efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2360182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ted-Cruz-Senate-FAA-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33926,35880,43813,32090],"class_list":["post-2360181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign-finance","tag-democratic-leadership","tag-election-race","tag-ted-cruz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ted-Cruz-Senate-FAA-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}