Mississippi governor endorses Cruz on eve of primary

Wsbt.com ^ | 3/7/2016 | Theodore Schleifer, CNN

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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday endorsed Ted Cruz for president on the eve of that state's primary.

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Those are the most senior Republican elected officials to have backed Cruz, who has yet to an endorsement from a fellow senator.

"It's time for Republicans to join together and unite the party for the good of our state and our nation," Bryant said in a statement. "I urge my fellow Mississippians to join me in standing behind Ted Cruz tomorrow."...

Cruz, under the weather, had canceled a rally he had planned to hold on Monday in Ellisville, the hometown of tea party hero and Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who had been Cruz's highest-profile surrogate in the state.

In addition to Mississippi, Republicans also vote on Tuesday in Hawaii, Idaho and Michigan vote Tuesday.

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And Cruz cancelled a rally in McDaniel’s hometown because he was ‘sick’.

But then campaigned up the road in Florence looking fine and dandy.

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