Round-Up: Ted Cruz wins “biggest victory of the year”
By Travis McCormick
Below are excerpts from news coverage on our Tuesday night runoff victory. Check them out and share with your friends:
➢ Washington Post: “Ted Cruz wins Texas Senate primary in a victory for tea party”
“Onetime long shot Ted Cruz won the Republican nomination in a U.S. Senate race in Texas on Tuesday, providing tea party activists with renewed momentum in what they said was their biggest victory of the year.“
➢ Austin American-Statesman: “Cruz wins big in GOP upset”
“In an upset of national significance, Ted Cruz toppled Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst on Tuesday in a Republican primary runoff for the U.S. Senate that came to embody the internal tug-of-war between the GOP establishment and the tea party.”
➢ Houston Chronicle: “Analysis: Cruz victory a wake-up call for Washington”
“Ted Cruz stunning come-from-behind victory over David Dewhurst in Tuesday’s Republican Senate runoff sends an unmistakable message to the political establishment in Washington that the next U.S. Senate, like the Republican-controlled House, is going to be more conservative and less willing to compromise with President Barack Obama or even a possible President Mitt Romney.”
➢ Associated Press: “Cruz wins Senate bid on big night for tea party”
“On a night anti-establishment momentum propelled Republican outsiders to victory in several Texas runoff races, Ted Cruz emerged as a new darling of the national tea party movement with a come-from-behind effort to secure his party’s nomination for U.S. Senate.“
➢ ABC News: “Texas Toast: What A Tea Party Candidate’s Win Means For Washington”
“Conservative Republican Ted Cruz, who scored an upset — but rock-solid — victory over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in yesterday’s Texas U.S. Senate runoff is being hailed today as the second coming of the current Florida senator and vice presidential short-lister.”
➢ Politico: “Texas Senate contender’s secret: Mastering social media”
“Cruz climbed from obscurity to the brink of the year’s biggest upset and, in the process, became Exhibit A of how to effectively use social media to grow a movement.“
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