--- title: Ted Cruz Does Not Own the TedCruz.com Domain Name description: The owner appears to be an Obama supporter instead of the Texas Senator and first Republican to stand for the 2016 presidential race. canonical: https://time.com/3755680/ted-cruz-domain-name-tedcruz-com/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-24T06:37:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:12.305Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ted Cruz Doesn't Own TedCruz.Com og:description: An Obama supporter does instead og:url: https://time.com/3755680/ted-cruz-domain-name-tedcruz-com/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88787755ed9af813/698784eb55a8593d50a8671f/cruz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Ted Cruz Announcement og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ted Cruz Doesn't Own TedCruz.Com twitter:description: An Obama supporter does instead twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88787755ed9af813/698784eb55a8593d50a8671f/cruz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ted Cruz Doesn't Own TedCruz.Com > Sponsored content. 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Tom Williams — Roll Call/Getty Images by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Mar 24, 2015 6:37 AM UTC Sen. Ted Cruz may have been the first Republican to declare his candidacy for the 2016 presidential race, but he appears to have missed the boat on purchasing a web domain featuring his own name. Instead, web users landing at [tedcruz.com](http://www.tedcruz.com/) see only two phrases: “Support President Obama” and “Immigration Reform Now!” With the .com domain out of the picture, the Texas senator has officially settled with [tedcruz.org](http://www.tedcruz.org/), instead. ### Behind the Scenes of CPAC  Peter Dudziak of John, Minnesota attends CPAC in National Harbor, Md. on Feb. 27, 2014. Mark Peterson—Redux for TIME  Nine year old Thomas H. from Virginia at his first CPAC in National Harbor, Md. on Feb. 27, 2015. 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