Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) promised to stay out of Republican primary fights, signaling to the Republican establishment that he be a team player as a vice chair on the National Republican Senatorial Committee. But the junior senator from Texas and tea party favorite has quietly made to sure to keep least one toe in the camp of anti-establishment Republicans running for office.
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