Ted Cruz Is First to Declare, and That's Probably Not a Good Thing
The Texas senator will announce he is a presidential candidate on Monday.
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Being first isn't all it's cracked up to be.
With his announcement on Monday, Ted Cruz will be the first candidate to enter the 2016 presidential race. He joins a not-so-illustrious club of first announcers, a group whose members haven't won a presidential election since before 1952, as far back as there are records.