Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick to speak at Trump rally in Houston

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. Photo: Bridget Bennett / Bloomberg Photo: Bridget Bennett / Bloomberg Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick to speak at Trump rally in Houston 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick confirmed they will be among the speakers when President Donald Trump comes to Houston next week to rally Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.

"When I invited President Trump to visit Texas in July, I said that keeping Texas red - from the top of the ballot to the bottom - is critical," Patrick said in a statement to the media late Wednesday in confirming he would be one of the speakers at the event.

Trump is set to speak at 6:30 p.m. at NRG Arena in Houston in part to help U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in his re-election battle against Democrat Beto O'Rourke.

Patrick's role is little surprise given he was Trump's Texas chairman in 2016 and was reported to have flown to Washington, D.C. earlier this summer to personally ask the White House to help campaign for Cruz and other Republicans in Texas.

Earlier on Wednesday Abbott too confirmed he would be a speaker at the rally.

Over the last four weeks, Vice President Mike Pence, the president's son Donald Trump Jr., and his daughter Ivanka Trump have all been in Texas for events with Cruz.

Cruz has said he welcomes Trump coming to Texas to help him even though the two had an often rough primary battle in 2016 for the Republican nomination for president. Cruz said after that election he met with Trump and vowed to help him get his agenda through the U.S. Senate.

Trump is campaigning for a number of Senate candidates over the next week. He has other rallies planned for Montana, Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin, in addition to the Houston stop.

Members of the public wanting to attend the rally must register on the Trump campaign website.