Ted Cruz is set to wade back into politics after a brief respite with an endorsement for Colorado GOP Senate candidate Darryl Glenn.
The endorsement will almost certainly be a boon for Glenn, a county commissioner, former city councilman, and an Air Force veteran who was until recently considered a long-shot candidate. At the end of March, he had just $11,000 in his campaign account. Then he secured a spot on the ballot with a surprise victory at the GOP state convention in early April, where he delivered a rousing speech in which he sounded some Cruz-ite themes including the role of his faith and his opposition to government funding for Planned Parenthood; he called himself an “unapologetic Christian, constitutional, pro-life, Second Amendment-loving America.” It helped him blow out his competitors: He took a whopping 70 percent of the votes from the delegates present.
Then came an endorsement from the Senate Conservatives Fund, which helped to put him on the map. In a forthcoming statement, Cruz praises Glenn as “a constitutional conservative with the experience to understand what it takes to bring back economic growth and preserve our individual liberties.”
Glenn will face four other Republicans in a June 28 primary. The winner will square off against Democratic senator Michael Bennett, and will start the race at a major financial disadvantage. Bennett currently has about $8 million in the bank.