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Visits to Key Early States
Through 3rd Q 2015 (Sept. 30, 2015)
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| Nov. 7, 2012- Sept. 30, 2015 |
19 visits 28 days |
9 visits 16 days |
15 visits 19 days |
Through 3rd Quarter 2015
Iowa: 19 visits, 28 days
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on September 26, 2015. He celebrated the grand opening of his campaign office at 10711 Justin Dr. in Urbandale; did a meet and greet at Rustic Brew in Hampton; made an OTR stop at the Casey's in Garner; and keynoted the Cornerstone Republican Gala presented by Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, and Worth County Republican parties at the Branding Iron in Thompson.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on September 19-20, 2015.
On September 19 he spoke at Iowa FFC's Family Banquet and Presidential Forum at the Fairgrounds in Des Moines. On September 20 he recorded Iowa Press in Johnston; and made a retail stop at te Iowa Machine Shed in Urbandale.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Des Moines, Iowa on August 21, 2015. He attended the State Fair; and in the evening held a Rally for Religious Liberty (+) at the the Iowa Events Center in the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on July 17-18, 2015.
On July 17 he made a stop at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville; and did a town hall at the Campaign HQ (a company) office. in Brooklyn.
Early afternoon July 18 he spoke at The FAMiLY Leadership Summit 2015 at Stephens Auditorium in Ames.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on July 6-7, 2015 , signing his book A Time for Truth. On July 6 he did a book signing at the Barnes and Noble in West Des Moines; and dropped by Smokey Row Coffee Co. in Des Moines. On July 7 he did a signing at the Barnes and Noble in Sioux City.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on June 26-27, 2015.
On June 26 he did a town hall style meeting at the Sheldon Community Services Center in Sheldon; made stops to meet with local business owners (including the Dutch Bakery) in Orange City; and attended a picnic and meet and greet hosted by state Sen. Bill Anderson at Pierson City Park and Ball Diamond in Pierson.
On June 27 he delivered a "Believe Again" speech at Drake University's Sheslow Auditorium in Des Moines; and did a Main Street walk from Jaarsma Bakery in Pella.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on June 19-20, 2015. On June 19 he plans a town hall meeting at Council Bluffs Public Library in Council Bluffs;[due to flight cancelations, Cruz could not attend; Mat Schultz and Bryan English attended in his place]; he did a town hall meeting at Red Coach Inn and Restaurant in Red Oak; and a town hall meeting at Cronk’s Café in Denison. On June 20 he was special guest at a Celebrate the 2nd Amendment fundraiser for state Rep. Ralph Watts at CrossRoads Shooting Sports in Johnston.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on April 25, 2015; his only announced appearance was at Iowa FFC's presidential candidate forum in Waukee.
>Sen. Ted Cruz participated in a panel for the Network of Iowa Christian Home Education's Homeschool Iowa Capitol Day and then did a media avail at the Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines, Iowa on the afternoon of April 9, 2015.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on April 1-2, 2015. On the afternoon of April 1 he held a town hall at Morningside College's UPS Auditorium in Sioux City; and in the evening he attended a Dubuque County GOP reception at Park Farm Winery in Durango. On April 2 he held a town hall meeting at PIPAC Centre in Cedar Falls; held a town hall at the Long Branch Hotel in Cedar Rapids; and held a town hall at the Holiday Inn Des Moines Airport in Des Moines.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Des Moines, Iowa on March 7-9, 2015. On March 7 he spoke at and did a media avail. at the Iowa Agriculture Summit; and toured the Iowa Deer Classic trade show at HyVee Hall. On March 8 he attended services at Grace Church; and hosted a lunch with grassroots activists. On March 9 he did an in-studio interview on WHO's "Mickelson in the Morning;" and appeared at an American Renewal Project's Pastors and Pews event at the Airport Holiday Inn.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Des Moines, Iowa on January 24, 2015. The Des Moines Register reported he planned a private grassroots roundtable; and he spoke at the Iowa Freedom Summit [transcript].
2014: 4 visits, 4 days
>Sen. Ted Cruz, along with Gov. Bobby Jindal, headlined Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's 14th Annual Fall Family Banquet at the Knapp Learning Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa on September 27, 2014.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on August 9, 2014. He attended the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, including having a pork chop on a stick, casting his kernal for Joni Ernst, viewing the butter cow, stopping by the Iowa GOP booth, speaking from the DMR Soapbox at 1 p.m., and leaving with a turkey leg; and he spoke at the FAMiLY Leadership Summit at Stephens Auditorium in Ames [transcript].
>Sen. Ted Cruz appeared at a fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst and at the annual summer party at Iowa Board of Regents president and agricultural entrepreneur Bruce Rastetter's property in Hubbard (Hardin County), Iowa on August 2, 2014. (Sens. Rubio and Johnson-WI also present)
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Iowa on March 18, 2014. He was the featured speaker at the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators' Homeschool Day at the Marriott in Des Moines (-); and spoke at a Cerro Gordo Republicans dessert reception fundraiser at Music Man Square in Mason City.
2013: 3 visits, 4 days
>Sen Ted Cruz visited Iowa on October 25-26, 2013. On the evening of October 25 he headlined the Republican Party of Iowa's annual Ronald Reagan Commemorative Dinner at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines (-). On October 26 he joined U.S. Rep. Steve King for his annual Col. Bud Day Pheasant Hunt at the Hole N' the Wall Lodge north of Akron and the subsequent Defenders of Freedom event at the Le Mars Convention Center in Le Mars.
>Sen.
Ted
Cruz
spoke at The FAMiLY Leadership Summit at Stephens
Auditorium in Ames, Iowa on August 10, 2013 (former
Sen. Rick Santorum and businessman Donald Trump also spoke). As
reported by Jason Noble at Iowa Politics, Cruz had been "scheduled to
meet top Republican donors and activists" at the Iowa State Fair before
his appearance but that did not happen as his flight was delayed.
>Sen. Ted Cruz spoke at the Republican Party of Iowa's Summer Picnic and Luncheon fundraiser at GOP headquarters and at the American Renewal Project's "Pastors and Pews" (closed event) in Des Moines, Iowa on July 19 2013.
>Sen. Ted Cruz spoke at the Republican Party of Iowa's Summer Picnic and Luncheon fundraiser at GOP headquarters and at the American Renewal Project's "Pastors and Pews" (closed event) in Des Moines, Iowa on July 19 2013.
New Hampshire: 9 visits, 16 days
2015
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on August 30-31, 2015.
On August 30 he attended a house party with former Rep. David Scott in Dover; did a meet and greet Brown's Lobster Pound in Seabrook; spoke at a town hall sponsored by the New Boston Republican Committee at New Boston Central School in New Boston; and attended a BBQ at the home of Mike and Mar-Mar Rogers in Hollis.
On August 31 he participated in a "Veterans and Military Town Hall" organized by Concerned Veterans for America at Milford Town Hall in Milford; attended a Concord Busines Caucus roundtable lunch at The Draft in Concord; and opened his headquarters office at 531 Front St. in Manchester.
Sen. Ted Cruz (and Sens. Paul and Rubio) had been scheduled to attend the Voters First Forum at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH but was in Washington for a procedural vote on a bill to defund Planned Parenthood; the three appeared by video..
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on May 29-30, 2015. On May 29, starting late afternoon, he did a reception with Manchester area business owners at Legacy Financial Solutions in Manchester; and in the evening did a town hall-like event hosted by the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge. On May 30 he participated in a WRKO town hall at the Southern New Hampshire University gym in Manchester; and attended a house party with Bill and Roxanne O'Brien at their home in Mont Vernon; (he then proceeded to Andover, MA).
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on April 18-19, 2015. On the afternoon of April 18 he spoke at NHGOP's #FITN Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua; keynoted New Hampshire Young Republicans' annual meeting, in the Lower Level Amphitheater at Crowne Plaza in Nashua; and spoke to the home school community at the First Assembly of God Church in Auburn. On April 19 he spoke to the Second Amendment community and did some shooting at the Londonderry Fish & Game Club in Litchfield; and he participated in a House Republican Victory PAC meet and greet at the home of Rep. Frank and Kathleen Edelblut in Wilton.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on March 27-28, 2015. On March 27 he spoke at a rally organized by Conservative Business League of NH at VFW Post 8641 in Merrimack; and spoke at Young America's Foundation "New England Freedom Conference" dinner at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua. On the morning of March 28 he attended a brunch hosted by the Rockingham County Republican Committee and Seacoast Republican Women at the Portsmouth Country Club in Greenland.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on March 15-16, 2015. On March 15 he appeared at a "Chili and Chat" lunch hosted by the Strafford County Republican Committee at Turbocam in Barrington; and was the special guest at Grafton County Republicans' Lincoln-Reagan Dinner at the Indian Head Resort in Lincoln. On March 16 he spoke at a "Politics and Eggs" breakfast at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester.
2014: 3 visits, 5 days
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on September 6-7, 2014. He spoke at the Hillsborough County Republican Committee primary gala at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua on the evening of September 6. On September 7 he did a meet and greet for the NHGOP at 60 Rogers St, in Manchester; made an unannounced stop at the Dunkin' Donuts in Manchester; did a meet and greet for the NHGOP at 10 Water St. in Concord; and in the early afternoon was the special guest at a pre-primary victory rally in support of 2nd CD congressional candidate Marilinda Garcia at Nashua City Hall in Nashua.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on April 26-27, 2014. On April 26 he was the keynote speaker at the Carroll County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner at the Grand Summit Hotel at Attitash Mountain Resort in Bartlett. On April 27, as reported by NHJournal.com's John DiStaso, he met with former Gov. John Sununu at his home for a "friendly talk," and he spoke at a fundraising reception for Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire in Rye.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited NH on April 12, 2014. He appeared at a NHGOP Day of Action rally in the Nashua City Hall back parking lot in Nashua; at a NHGOP Day of Action rally in the Livingston Park pool parking lot in Manchester; and addressed the "Freedom Summit" at The Executive Court Banquet Facility in Manchester.
2013: 1
visit, 1 day
>Sen. Ted Cruz headlined a fundraiser for the NHGOP at Knollwood Farm (home of Ambassador Joseph and Augusta Petrone) in Dublin, NH on the evening of August 23, 2013.
>Sen. Ted Cruz headlined a fundraiser for the NHGOP at Knollwood Farm (home of Ambassador Joseph and Augusta Petrone) in Dublin, NH on the evening of August 23, 2013.
South Carolina: 15 visits, 19 days
2015
>Sen. Ted Cruz did a media availability and participated in Heritage America's Take Back America Forum in Greenville, SC on September 18, 2015;
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited SC on August 28-29, 2015. On the evening of August 28 he did a Greenville GOP town hall at Cannon Centre in Greer. On August 29 at SC GOP headquarters in Columbia he filed his paperwork to appear on the Republican primary ballot; and he spoke at the We Stand with God, Pro-Family Rally at the State House in Columbia.
>Sen.
Ted
Cruz
visited
SC on August 24, 2015. He
met with the president and leadership of Bob Jones University in
Greenville; and in the
evening spoke at the Faith & Freedom BBQ fundraiser at
Anderson Civic Center in Anderson.
>Sen. Ted Cruz did a rally to kick off his Cruz Country bus tour at Liberty Tap Room in Mount Pleasant, SC early afternoon on August 7, 2015.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Greenville, SC on July 4, 2015. He did a signing for his book A Time for Truth at The Westin Poinsett; and in attended the Wells Fargo Red, White, and Blue Fourth of July Celebration in downtown.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited Greenville, SC on May 9, 2015. He spoke at the American Renewal Project's South Carolina Private Policy Briefing luncheon at the Westin Pointsett; and spoke at the Freedom Summit, followed by a media availability and mix and mingle, all at the Peace Center.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited SC on May 1-2, 2015 for the SCGOP's 2015 Silver Elephant Dinner and State Convention at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia. On May 1 he attended the Silver Elephant Dinner. On May 2 he addressed the State Convention.
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited SC on April 3-4, 2015 (directly following an April 1-2 visit to Iowa). On April 3 he held a town hall meeting at the Holiday Inn in Rock Hill; did a private tour of and spoke at the Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg; held a town hall meeting at the Beacon Drive-In restaurant in Spartanburg; and attended a Republican Women dessert reception at the Poinsett Club in Greenville. On April 4 in the morning he met for two hours with pastors (+); he made a lunch stop at Palmetto Pig BBQ in Columbia; and he spoke at an Aiken Republican Club meeting at Newberry Hall in Aiken.
>Sen. Ted Cruz and former Sen. Rick Santorum as well as former Amb. John Bolton spoke at the South Carolina National Security Action Summit, hosted by Breitbart News, The Center for Security Policy and High Frontier at Brookland Baptist Banquet and Conference Center in West Columbia, SC on March 14, 2015.
>The 2015 South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention was held at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC on January 17-19, 2015. Dr. Ben Carson and Sen. Ted Cruz spoke on the afternoon of January 18. Former Sen. Rick Santorum and Donald Trump spoke on January 19.
2014: 3 visits, 4 days
>Sen. Ted Cruz visited SC on October 11-12, 2014. On October 11 he did a roundtable at a "Bridging the Gap" forum organized by The Palladium Group (a Spartanburg consulting firm founded by Karen Floyd) at the Spartanburg Community College Downtown Campus in Spartanburg; and attended an Alan Wilson for Attorney General tailgate meet and greet next to Memorial Stadium at Clemson University in Clemson. Mid-afternoon on October 12 he attended an ice cream social hosted by the Spartanburg and Greenville Republican parties at the River Falls Plantation Golf Clubhouse in Duncan.
>Sen. Ted Cruz made a retail stop at The Beacon Restaurant in Spartanburg; and he headlined a Victory lunch for the South Carolina Republican Party at Seawell's in Columbia, SC on September 15, 2014.
>Sen. Ted Cruz keynoted the Free Enterprise Foundation's 8th annual awards banquet in at the Holliday Alumni Center at The Citadel in Charleston, SC on April 15, 2014. Politico's Manu Raju reported that afterwards Cruz "met with a group of event organizers and area Republicans at a Marriott Hotel bar booth." (The Free Enterprise Foundation is "a non-profit, independent research institution headquartered at The Citadel").
2013: 2 visits, 2 days
>Sen. Ted Cruz spoke to an audience of pastors at the South Carolina Renewal Project (David Lane) in Columbia, SC on November 5, 2013.
>Sen. Ted Cruz was the keynote speaker at the South Carolina Republican Party's 46th Silver Elephant Banquet at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, SC on the evening of May 3, 2013.
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