Ted Cruz and Donald Trump had a famously acrimonious primary battle in which Cruz labeled Trump “utterly amoral.” | Getty Cruz to campaign with Pence

Sen. Ted Cruz will join Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence on the campaign trail Thursday as part of the final push to elect Donald Trump.

Cruz and Pence will hold events in Iowa and Michigan, Pence spokesman Marc Lotter confirmed. It will be the first time Cruz has joined Pence on the trail and represents a new willingness by the Texas senator to vocally support Trump, who Cruz initially resisted endorsing.


Cruz and Trump had a famously acrimonious primary battle in which Cruz labeled Trump “utterly amoral” and Trump insulted the appearance of Cruz’s wife. Cruz later urged Republicans to “vote your conscience” in his speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

But after pressure from fellow Republicans, and meeting privately with Pence in Washington, Cruz endorsed Trump on Sept. 23 in a Facebook post.

“After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,” Cruz wrote at the time.

Pence has made a call for Republicans to “come home” a key part of his closing message. And throughout the campaign he has urged voters to support elected Republicans, including those like Sens. John McCain and Kelly Ayotte, who have withdrawn their own support for Trump.