- Sen. Ted Cruz
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Press Release from Cruz for President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Rick
Tyler |
News Release | Catherine
Frazier |
January 26, 2016 |
Cruz for President Sees Unprecedented
Grassroots Effort Mobilizing Before Iowa Caucuses
Campaign has 1,573 caucus captains
HOUSTON, Texas –
Today, the Cruz for President campaign announced it has 1,573 caucus
captains across the state. The announcement marks the final milestone
in Cruz’s impressive Iowa organization. The campaign is putting its
massive Iowa organization to the test this week by mobilizing the
grassroots and turning them out to caucus for Cruz.
Leading up to the Iowa Caucus on February 1, the Cruz for
President
campaign has put together an unmatched ground game throughout the
Hawkeye state. It has named a county chair for each of Iowa’s 99
counties. The campaign has recruited 247 notable
activists, pastors,
and lawmakers including Congressman Steve King, Bob Vander Plaats, Steve Deace, and Cruz’s chairman Matt Schultz,
former Iowa Secretary of State.
As of last week, over 12,000 volunteers have signed on and are now
working to identify and turn out caucus goers for Cruz. Volunteers, on
average, are making up to 20,000 phone calls and knocking on 2,000
doors every day. During the month of January, 836 people will have
stayed at Camp Cruz,
the former college dorms that are filled beyond capacity with
volunteers from all over the country, some tripling up in rooms using
air mattresses.
“In my experience the Cruz organizational effort here in Iowa is
unrivaled,” said Bryan English, the Cruz campaign’s Iowa state
director. “We have coalesced conservatives from across the state
because they want a conservative leader who will change Washington,
break the DC Cartel, and bring power back to 'We the People’."
This week, Cruz will be barnstorming the state holding 30 public events
in 22 counties leading up to the caucuses. By Monday, he will have
completed the 'Full Grassley,’ visiting and holding events in all 99
counties in the state. Over the course of the campaign, Cruz has met
thousands of Iowans who have come out to his events. He has made it a
point to spend time listening to and getting to know the people of Iowa
face to face. Governor Rick Perry, who endorsed Cruz earlier
in
the
week, will be attending events today with Cruz along with Bob
Vander Plaats and Congressman Steve King.
All the campaign has done up to this point in Iowa leads
to Monday’s caucuses. Cruz noted that this incredible effort
would not
have been possible without the sacrifices made by thousands of
courageous conservatives and their families from Iowa and from around
the country. The Cruz campaign believes that conservatives in Iowa have
united behind their campaign because Cruz is the only candidate in the
race with a proven conservative track record and because he has stood
up to Washington, including the leaders in his own party.
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