Ted Cruz 2024 Presidential Hopeful

July 27 , 2024 - The runner up  for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination , US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is a likely contender for 2024 given his strong name recognition.Ted Cruz 2024 Campaign Button Cruz , age 52 , was first elected to the United States Senate in 2012.

On March 23 , 2015 , Cruz became the first candidate to enter the 2016 race for the GOP presidential nomination. He would go on to win the Iowa Caucuses on February 1 , 2016 with 28% of the vote compared with 24% for Donald Trump and 23% for Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.  While Cruz would go on to win 10 more contests in wouldn't be enough to catch Trump who was victorious in  41 primaries and caucuses and finally captured the Republican Party presidential nomination. 

In 2018 , Cruz successfully won re-election as US Senator from Texas. With 2024 looming it will be interesting to see if Cruz launches another White House bid.