--- title: Ted Cruz Supporters Launch 2016 Super PAC description: Supporters are looking to raise money and collect signatures to help Cruz run for president in 2016 canonical: https://time.com/30146/ted-cruz-super-pac-2016-presidential-race/ author: Alex Altman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-19T14:21:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:59.519Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ted Cruz Supporters Launch 2016 Super PAC og:description: Supporters are looking to raise money and collect signatures to help Cruz run for president in 2016 og:url: https://time.com/30146/ted-cruz-super-pac-2016-presidential-race/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt063c11a0611d3b5f/69868634810bbbc45dc908fb/ted-cruz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4935 og:image:height: 2776 og:image:alt: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators state Capitol day event, on March 18, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ted Cruz Supporters Launch 2016 Super PAC twitter:description: Supporters are looking to raise money and collect signatures to help Cruz run for president in 2016 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt063c11a0611d3b5f/69868634810bbbc45dc908fb/ted-cruz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cruz Supporters Launch 2016 Super PAC > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=1c690f05-fe9e-4b8f-9841-cd24e0a8cdb0&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) by [Alex Altman](https://time.com/author/alex-altman/) and [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) Mar 19, 2014 2:21 PM UTC  U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators state Capitol day event, on March 18, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators state Capitol day event, on March 18, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall—AP by [Alex Altman](https://time.com/author/alex-altman/) and [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) Mar 19, 2014 2:21 PM UTC Texas Republican Sen. [Ted Cruz](http://poy.time.com/2013/12/11/runner-up-ted-cruz-the-barn-burner/) is getting [a new super PAC](http://www.redstate.com/diary/razshafer/2014/03/19/time-draft-ted-cruz-president/) dedicated to helping the Tea Party favorite win the presidency in 2016. Draft Ted Cruz For President launched its [website](http://www.runtedrun.com/) Wednesday, citing a goal of collecting one million signatures this year to “lay the groundwork for the kind of grassroots army of volunteers, donors, and early-primary voters that is needed to win in 2016.” The super PAC, which can raise unlimited sums to bolster a possible presidential bid by the Lone Star State Republican, filed organizing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission in January. Its treasurer, Paul Kilgore, is a former aide to Newt Gingrich who also served as treasurer for a super PAC supporting Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s 2012 presidential bid. The new group devoted to boosting Cruz has not yet filed any financial disclosures. The effort was announced on the conservative website Redstate.com by Raz Shafer, a regional director for Cruz based in Texas. “I’ve never spoken to Ted about him running for president and I honestly don’t know if he will do it,” Shafer [writes](http://www.redstate.com/diary/razshafer/2014/03/19/time-draft-ted-cruz-president/), “but I do know he won’t succeed unless freedom-loving Americans like you and me begin organizing this effort now.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/30146/ted-cruz-super-pac-2016-presidential-race/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/30146/ted-cruz-super-pac-2016-presidential-race/"},"headline":"Cruz Supporters Launch 2016 Super PAC","datePublished":"2014-03-19T14:21:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:59.519Z","description":"Supporters say they'll raise money and collect signatures to help the Tea Party favorite run for president in 2016","url":"https://time.com/30146/ted-cruz-super-pac-2016-presidential-race/","keywords":["2016 Election","Texas","2016 Election","Senate","2016","ted cruz"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt063c11a0611d3b5f/69868634810bbbc45dc908fb/ted-cruz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Altman","jobTitle":"Altman is the executive features editor and deputy Washington bureau chief at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/alex-altman/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt063c11a0611d3b5f/69868634810bbbc45dc908fb/ted-cruz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators state Capitol day event, on March 18, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa.","caption":"U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators state Capitol day event, on March 18, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa.","creditText":"Charlie Neibergall—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/30146/ted-cruz-super-pac-2016-presidential-race/","name":"Cruz Supporters Launch 2016 Super PAC"}}]}] ```