Ted Cruz leads the field at the Clear Lake Tea Party’s Senate job interview

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[Todd Kinsey]

Clear Lake, TX – The Clear Lake Tea Party (CLTP) in conjunction with the Alliance of Constitutional Patriots, and several other area Tea Party groups held the first ever job interview for the U.S. Senate.

The venue for the event was the Bayou Theater on the University of Houston’s Clear Lake Campus. The event was also streamed online so people could watch from the comfort of their home or office.

There are sixteen potential Republican or Libertarian candidates seeking to replace the retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate. Event organizers said that invitations were extended to all candidates plus the candidates were asked to sign the CLTP pledge card as well. Only six candidates were willing to sign the pledge: former Solicitor General Ted Cruz, Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, Texas Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones, political activist Lela Pittinger, businessman Glenn Addison, and counselor Andrew “Cas” Castanuela.

[Todd Kinsey]

A unique format where each candidate was interviewed for the job while the others were isolated back stage.