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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaks to a crowd gathered at Kings Christian Bookstore in Boone, Iowa, on Jan. 4, 2016. Cruz kicked off a six-day, 28-county bus tour across Iowa in a push to reach out to voters before the state's first-in-the-nation caucus on Feb. 1. (Photo by Rebecca F. Miller) WAVERLY, Iowa — After logging hundreds of miles on Iowa's snow-dusted roads last week, Ted Cruz ended his massive bus tour of the state Saturday night on a lighter note with the media he so often criticizes. "I'm tempted to announce that we're going to launch another six days...

Sen. Ted Cruz speaks to a crowd gathered at Prime Time Restaurant in Guthrie Center, Iowa on Monday, January 4, 2016. (Photo by Rebecca F. Miller) SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — There are the perks: the swelling crowds spilling out the back, the luxurious-looking bus shuttling you through the snow-dusted cornfields and the media stampede trailing you everywhere.Then there are the less desirables: the constant broadsides courtesy of rivals big and small, the logistical headaches on and off the road, and well, the media stampede trailing you everywhere you go. Such is Ted Cruz's life as the Republican frontrunner in this critical...

HOUSTON, Texas - This morning during the first stop of the six-day, 28-county "Cruzin' to Caucus" Iowa bus tour, Iowa State Senator Jerry Behn endorsed Ted Cruz for President at King's Christian Bookstore in Boone, IA.Behn is the Iowa State Senator from the 24th District and minority leader in the Iowa Senate. He has served in the Iowa Senate since 1997 and previously served as a Boone County Supervisor from 1995 to 1996. Behn has been farming for 36 years and is a member of Farm Bureau, Iowa Soybean Association, and the Iowa Association of Business and Industry."Ted Cruz is...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz arrived Jan. 4 at the first stop on a six-day tour of Iowa. The Republican presidential candidate was set to visit 28 counties by bus. (Photo by Patrick Svitek) BOONE, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday morning launched a six-day swing through Iowa, looking to close the deal with voters in the state where he bas become the leader of the Republican presidential pack.“This is January,” the Texan told supporters crammed into a Christian bookstore here. “The time for the media bickering back and forth – that’s come and gone. The time for...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaks with reporters during an event in Iowa on Nov. 28, 2015. (Photo by Patrick Svitek) The Big Conversation Ted Cruz returns to Iowa today to kick off a six-day bus tour of the key early voting state. He also enters the week, as the Tribune's Patrick Svitek reported Sunday, "as a bona fide frontrunner and all the scrutiny — fair and unfair — that comes with it."That scrutiny includes attacks by his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination as well as outside groups. Svitek's report singled out attempts by Mike Huckabee and his allies to...

DES MOINES (KWWL) - Republican presidential hopeful and Texas senator Ted Cruz will take to Iowa for a six-day road trip in January.According to the Des Moines Register, Cruz and his staff are putting the finishing touches on the "Cruzin' to Caucus Iowa Bus Tour" that will take the candidate to 36 Iowa counties from January 4-9.A tentative schedule includes visits to Chickasaw County, Winneshiek County, Allamakee County, Clayton County, Fayette County, Bremer County, Butler County and Marion County among others. Cruz plans to be on the eastern side of the Hawkeye State to finish out the bus tour, with stops to those counties slated for Friday, January 8 and...