Cruz only got 43.76% of the TX Republican presidential primary votes. That means 56.24% preferred someone else.
In the Senate race of 2012 Cruz got 34.16% in the primary and 56.82% in the runoff
against Dewhurst. In the General Cruz got 56.46% against the democrat’s 40.62%.
In the Presidential primary this year the 43.76% was against 13 other GOP candidates.