Ted Cruz Reportedly Gearing Up for 2028 Campaign — And Showdown With JD Vance

Ted Cruz Reportedly Gearing Up for 2028 Campaign — And Showdown With JD Vance

Isaac Schorr Nov 17th, 2025, 10:29 am

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is reportedly gearing up for a 2028 presidential campaign — and a likely showdown with Vice President JD Vance in the Republican primary.

According to Axios’s Alex Isenstadt , Cruz has been courting donors, “hitting the speaker’s circuit,” and involving himself in his party’s preparations for next year’s midterms in order to lay the groundwork for a second bid to take the White House.

Isenstadt also reports that Cruz’s ongoing feud with Tucker Carlson , a Vance ally, is part of his effort to set himself apart and send a shot across the vice president’s bow.

From the Axios story :

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