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TexasTowelie

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4. Cruz wouldn't be required to resign to run for president in 2024.

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 12:48 AM

Dec 2020

Cruz can remain a senator while running for higher office. However, he can't run for both senator and president at the same time. Cruz can run for senator and vice-president at the same time due to the Bentsen rule in 1988.

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