Rafael Cruz appearing at a Dallas fundraiser for the tea party challenger. Cruz dad backs Sessions challenger

Sen. Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, is weighing in on a GOP primary in Texas to support the challenger of incumbent Republican Rep. Pete Sessions.

Cruz on Monday endorsed Sessions’s opponent, tea party leader Katrina Pierson, according to The Dallas Morning News.


The senator’s father is an evangelical pastor with a following in his own right. His past comments about President Barack Obama have caused controversy, and Sen. Cruz (R-Texas) has distanced himself in some cases from the remarks, although the elder Cruz has been active in his son’s campaigns.

Ted Cruz has not endorsed anyone in the race.

Rafael Cruz was appearing at a Dallas fundraiser for Pierson with conservative commentator Michelle Malkin.

“She’s a strict constitutionalist. She’s a strong conservative and she wants to do what’s right,” Cruz said.

Sessions is in his ninth term in Congress.