WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz placed a big bet on a former top aide hoping to topple Rep. Henry Cuellar in South Texas, spending $137,000 out of his own campaign fund to pitch Cassy Garcia in the GOP primary. That was more than Garcia herself raised, and an unusual – maybe unprecedented – instance of a candidate using campaign funds for …
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March 7, 2022