Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Press: Notorious RBG vs Notorious GOP The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE (R-Texas) tweeted a letter from the Zodiac Killer in an apparent Halloween joke Wednesday.

The once-popular meme that Cruz is the Zodiac Killer emerged during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. The letter shows the Zodiac's cryptography, which he sent to newspapers during his killing spree.

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Five people in Northern California were killed by the Zodiac, who was never identified, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Cruz's wife, Heidi, denied her husband being the Zodiac killer, calling it “a lot of garbage." Cruz was born two years after the first killings.

Cruz had previously tweeted this image last year joking with Sen. Ben Sasse Benjamin (Ben) Eric SasseGovernment watchdog recommends creation of White House cyber director position Chamber of Commerce endorses McSally for reelection Ben Sasse is mistaken with idea for the election of senators in America MORE (R-Neb.) about a soda that he spilled on Cruz.

The Republican senator is locked in a tight reelection campaign with Rep. Beto O'Rourke Beto O'RourkeJimmy Carter says his son smoked pot with Willie Nelson on White House roof O'Rourke endorses Kennedy for Senate: 'A champion for the values we're most proud of' 2020 Democrats do convention Zoom call MORE (D-Texas). The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the race a "toss-up."