Ted Cruz weighs 2028 presidential run, emerges as potential JD Vance challenger

Republican Senator Ted Cruz is laying the groundwork for a potential 2028 presidential campaign while increasingly challenging Vice President JD Vance, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Cruz has been visiting Iowa, promoting a new book and quietly assembling political support as speculation grows over the Republican succession race. He has also criticized Vance over his association with controversial conservative figures and aspects of the administration’s Iran policy. V

ance remains an early Republican frontrunner, alongside figures such as Marco Rubio.

Cruz, who narrowly lost the 2016 Republican nomination to Donald Trump, insists the party’s voters will ultimately decide its 2028 nominee.