Conservative Super PAC Allocates $10 Million to Ted Cruz’s Reelection

Another super PAC, Truth and Courage, has already raised more than $2 million for the senator’s race.

The Club for Growth’s super PAC “Club for Growth Action,” has announced that it will allocate at least $10 million to support Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) reelection campaign and his efforts against Texas Rep. Colin Allred.

The conservative group confirmed the financial backing in a March 7 statement in which it touted Mr. Cruz’s efforts in fighting “radical” left-wing policies.

“Club for Growth Action has been strongly behind Sen. Ted Cruz since he was first elected, and we plan to spend 8 figures in his race against Biden’s MVP Rep. Colin Allred,” David McIntosh, the president of The Club for Growth, said in the statement.
Mr. McIntosh’s statement also took aim at Democrat nominee Mr. Allred, just days after he won his primary against state Sen. Roland Gutierrez.

“Allred has a long record of siding with Biden on the leftist policies wrecking the economy and driving inflation and dangerous crime. Despite his claims of bipartisanship, Allred’s record shows he’s blindly loyal to one team, the radical Democrats,” Mr. McIntosh continued. “In stark contrast, Ted Cruz has spent his career effectively fighting the radical policies that are crushing families, which Allred will have to defend until election day.”

Along with Club for Growth Action, another super PAC, Truth and Courage, has already raised more than $2 million for the senator’s race, The Washington Post reports.

‘Our Freedoms Are Under Attack’

On its official website, Truth and Courage notes that Mr. Cruz was “outspent” by a staggering $33.5 million during his 2018 reelection campaign, which saw the Texas Republican narrowly defeat Democrat Beto O’Rourke by less than three percentage points.

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“It is no secret that national far-left activists and D.C. special interest groups will be coming for Cruz again,” the website states. “Our independent expenditure effort will close the gap on the onslaught against Cruz and complement the Cruz campaign’s efforts with substantial grassroots field support, direct advertising to voters, and a robust communications operation,” the website adds.
The latest cash injection into Mr. Cruz’s reelection campaign comes shortly after Mr. Allred—a civil rights lawyer and former NFL player—picked up nearly 60 percent of the vote against eight other Democrats including Mr. Gutierrez during the Democratic Party primary on March 5.

Following his win, Mr. Allred told reporters the “stakes could not be higher” during the upcoming Senate elections.

“Our freedoms are under attack, we do have a crisis at the border that have to respond to,” the Democrat said. “The fundamental reason that democracy works is that people elect leaders to represent them and their interests to try to fix things for them, not to look out for themselves. We’ve had enough of that with Ted Cruz, it’s time to go in a different direction.”

Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, on June 24, 2020. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, on June 24, 2020. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)

Allred Win Would Be ‘Catastrophic’

Meanwhile, on the social media platform X, Mr. Cruz, who easily won his party’s primary on March 5, said the race was about “law enforcement officers, our parents, farmers, ranchers, students, oil and gas workers, neighbors, and pastors, who are proud to call the Lone Star State home.”

“This is about Texas, about building bridges, fighting for our cadets, expanding highways, creating jobs, and protecting the state that we cherish so deeply. Never before has it been more important to unify and fight against the radical left who threaten to change what makes this state great,” Mr. Cruz wrote. “I look forward to continuing to meet Texans in every corner of the state as we work together to ensure that we keep Texas, Texas.”

In a separate post on the platform, the Republican senator thanked his Democrat supporters across the Lone Star State who he said “understand that electing a radical leftist like Colin Allred would be catastrophic to our state and nation.”

No Democrat has won a statewide office in Texas in 30 years, marking the longest losing streak of its kind in the United States.

Mr. Allred’s campaign had raised more than $21 million in his election bid so far while Mr. Cruz has raised more than $46 million in his effort to secure a third six-year term.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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