Ted Cruz supports Representative Chip Roy for the benefit of the Texas Public Prosecutor in the 2026 race

Senator Ted CrossR-TEXAS, on Saturday, MP ROY, R-TEXAS supported, after conservative Congress member announced his candidacy to become the next public prosecutor at Lone Star State.

Roy, who announced his career on Thursday, seeks to replace the current public prosecutor of the state, Ken PakstonWho decided not to run for his re-election in 2026 and instead he runs for the US Senate against Senator John Corn, R-Texas.

In his support for Wari, Cruz said that there are many excellent candidates who run to be the next public prosecutor in the state. Among the other Republican candidates are Sens Sens. Joan Huffman and Mays Middleton, as well as the former American Prosecutor of the Legal Policy Office, Aaron Ritz.

“There are many excellent candidates at the present time in the Attorney General in Texas. They are all friends of mine, and they were all strong supporters for me for many years. Texas is blessed with abundance of powerful conservatives who move forward to lead this, at a time of this,” Cruz said in a statement on Saturday.

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Cruz said that Roy was his first chief of staff and was an intimate friend and ally for more than 12 years.

“We have been in battles more than I could rely, and I know that graying will always, they always fight for conservative values,” Cruz said.

“With more than two decades of service allocated to Texas, Chip has constantly showed the courage, integrity and condemnation required to defend our great condition.” “He is a warrior who has been tested in the fighting and fierce defender of the constitution. I have complete confidence that it will lead to the rule of law, preserve the rights and freedoms of Texas, and carry those who threaten our great state.

Roy announced in a joint campaign video on X, saying that he is seeking to preserve the legacy of the state “freedom, freedom and self -determination.”

He wrote in a accompanying message: “Texas has a long tradition and a proud to rise to defend our homes, freedom and societies.” “I am nominated for the public lawyer to continue this legacy … they are not afraid of fighting, not afraid to win, and I am ashamed to defend Texas at every turn. #Livefree.”

Roy said that it was an honor to represent the twenty -first Congress area in the US House of Representatives, and that he was especially proud “our work to connect President Trump’s agenda and fight to deplete the swamp.”

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“I can do it forever and achieve professionally,” Roy said in a statement. “But the actors should not be always. My experience in watching Texas is to unite in response to the Hill Distrett Control floods made it clear that I want to go home,” Roy said in a statement. “I want to take my experience in Congress, as a federal public prosecutor, and the first assistant public prosecutor to fight for Texas from Texas.”

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“Texas is under attack-from open politicians and radical leftists and unknown foreign companies the identity that threatens our sovereignty, safety and our way of life,” he added. “It is time to draw a line in the sand. As the public prosecutor, I will fight every day for our rights that God has endowed, for our families and the future of Texas.”

Roy served At the American house since 2019.

Fox News Daniel Wallace contributed to this report.