Thank you for the clarification.
Ted was still chair and had to know.
Someone sent me a message on another thread telling me they didn't think Cruz ever chaired the NRSC.
A quick check found this that says he was the Vice-Chairman, but I haven't found anything that says he was the chairman. It also says he's spent his time on the NRSC fighting with his colleagues.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has not been engaged in his role as vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to multiple sources familiar with GOP politics, and a growing number of Republicans are frustrated that the freshman senator has aligned himself with a group actively attacking their incumbent colleagues.
"The vice chairman of the NRSC is actively raising money for an organization going after Republican senators," one GOP aide bluntly observed.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/cruzs-title-at-nrsc-highlights-conflict-with-colleagues