At TribFest, Cruz Talks Possible 2016 Run, Partisan Gridlock

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz hinted Saturday that he would make a decision on a possible run for the White House in the first half of 2015, but he said his focus for the next six weeks would be on helping Republicans take back the Senate.

The Texas Republican told Dan Balz of The Washington Post at The Texas Tribune Festival that the 2016 field would probably be defined between January and June of next year. But he did not offer up his name.

Balz introduced the topic by asking Cruz what would keep him out the 2016 presidential election. Cruz allowed that it was a clever way of asking him to disclose his plans. But he said that his focus is on the November midterm elections.

However, he added, Republicans in 2016 should nominate “whoever is making the case that the economic policies we’re seeing are not working, that the assault on constitutional liberties in Washington is unacceptable, that the retreat of American leadership in the world is making the world more dangerous and jeopardizing America.”

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