The Supreme Court Makes Ted Cruz A Half-Million Dollars Richer

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12. I was asked about twenty years ago by the State party to run for Congress.

It was going to be a suicide campaign since no one could actually win in the district against the incumbent but they wanted the ballot position filled. The Party and no one except my local circle of friends and associates was going to give me any money to get started because the race could not be won. I was not independently wealthy but I loaned my campaign $10,000 to get started. Without that it would have been useless. That was enough to get some media interviews and a little coverage. I got about $2,000 of my loan back. The rest was considered a bad debt by the FEC.