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How Sarah Palin & the Tea Party Helped Ted Cruz Win in 2012
In the summer of 2012, Sarah Palin's endorsement helped fuel tea party-backed, first-time candidate Ted Cruz to an upset victory in the Republican Senate primary in Texas. Now 4 years later, Cruz is running a campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and hoped to win Palin's endorsement again, but on Tuesday the 2008 Republican VP nominee announced her support of frontrunner Donald Trump.
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