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Ted Cruz finished third on Tuesday night in Nevada. | AP Photo Texas Gov. Greg Abbott endorses Cruz

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will endorse Ted Cruz for the Republican nomination on Wednesday, the Texas senator's campaign confirmed.

"It is our duty as Texas conservatives to support a leader that we can trust to restore our values. That is why I am supporting Ted Cruz for president," Abbott said in a video, first reported by CNN. "Unlike far too many in Washington, the Ted Cruz we’ve seen in the Senate is the same Ted Cruz that we elected. And he’s the same Ted Cruz I served with when I was the attorney general and Ted was the solicitor general."

The governor went on to praise Cruz's work as solicitor general, calling him "principled" and "fearless" and saying that "has true conviction."

"Ted is a constitutionalist, whose judgment I trust to appoint the right judges to the United States Supreme Court," Abbott says in the 60-second video. "To my fellow Texas conservatives, I say this—we need to deliver. This is our time. Ted Cruz is our candidate. Now let’s do our part to take this country back."

Abbott is expected to officially announce his support Wednesday afternoon in Houston, marking the highest-profile endorsement of Cruz from an official in Texas, where voters will head to the primary next Tuesday. Cruz has picked up endorsements from eight of his colleagues in Congress, though not from fellow Sen. John Cornyn, who has thus far declined to endorse any candidate.

The Texas senator finished third on Tuesday night in Nevada, trailing Marco Rubio by a small margin and getting trounced by Donald Trump, who finished with 46 percent of the vote.