basquebromance
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forget the midterms, let's focus on electing a quality president in 2024!
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Cruz is running a particularly high-profile operation this year, complete with a monthlong, 25-stop “Truth and Courage” bus trek aimed at electing as many conservatives as possible to both the House and Senate. He’s also directly appealing to donors to raise money for his preferred candidates — and he’s raised plenty of cash.
Then there’s Cotton who, according to an aide, has raised money for more than a half-dozen Senate candidates, advises several on their races and talks strategy with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“It’s all hands on deck now, whether it’s me or Tim Scott or Joni Ernst,” Cotton said on the sidelines of an Ohio stop for GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance. The Arkansan then offered an aggressively sunny midterms prediction: “We’re going to hold all of our seats and pick up several of their [Democratic] seats as well.”
Cruz is one of the most open about his aspirations for a second White House bid. Yet as Trump stays vague on his timing, the two-term Texan says he’s also considering whether to run for Senate again in 2024, a year when Rick Scott and Josh Hawley of Missouri will also be up for reelection.
Another factor to weigh: Cruz is ascending to the top Republican spot on the Commerce Committee next year — a big shift for a senator who made his name battling with GOP leaders and dueled Trump in the last lap of the 2016 primary.
Meanwhile, Tim Scott appeared at events and town halls all over the country despite being on the ballot this year, including with Fox News host Sean Hannity. He’s showed up dozens of times for GOP candidates, and his affiliated super PAC is throwing millions of dollars into the battle for the Senate.
Ambitious GOP senators dive into midterms while Trump weighs his 2024 plans
Some senators may enter the next Republican primary even if Trump does — and many more will if he backs off. So they're leaping onto their best stage.
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excerpts:
Cruz is running a particularly high-profile operation this year, complete with a monthlong, 25-stop “Truth and Courage” bus trek aimed at electing as many conservatives as possible to both the House and Senate. He’s also directly appealing to donors to raise money for his preferred candidates — and he’s raised plenty of cash.
Then there’s Cotton who, according to an aide, has raised money for more than a half-dozen Senate candidates, advises several on their races and talks strategy with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
“It’s all hands on deck now, whether it’s me or Tim Scott or Joni Ernst,” Cotton said on the sidelines of an Ohio stop for GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance. The Arkansan then offered an aggressively sunny midterms prediction: “We’re going to hold all of our seats and pick up several of their [Democratic] seats as well.”
Cruz is one of the most open about his aspirations for a second White House bid. Yet as Trump stays vague on his timing, the two-term Texan says he’s also considering whether to run for Senate again in 2024, a year when Rick Scott and Josh Hawley of Missouri will also be up for reelection.
Another factor to weigh: Cruz is ascending to the top Republican spot on the Commerce Committee next year — a big shift for a senator who made his name battling with GOP leaders and dueled Trump in the last lap of the 2016 primary.
Meanwhile, Tim Scott appeared at events and town halls all over the country despite being on the ballot this year, including with Fox News host Sean Hannity. He’s showed up dozens of times for GOP candidates, and his affiliated super PAC is throwing millions of dollars into the battle for the Senate.
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