washington republican presidential hopeful ted cruz lean new source cash prepare long primary fight front-runner donald trump new campaign finance file show expense compete billionaire adept grab headline cruz traditional campaign struggle compete trump u.s. senator texas pour money advertise staff call voters spend 5.6 million february raise try outmaneuver trump accord campaign finance record make public sunday effort limit impact trump take command lead delegate count republican nomination spend little half cruz real estate mogul loan campaign 24 million since enter race white house establishment republican rival jeb bush marco rubio race cruz try win vote rake money argue party unite behind hop defeat trump tough proposition conservative candidate long rankle establishment wing party include lead fight president barack obama signature healthcare law lead 16-day shutdown federal government cruz hop convince party ohio governor john kasich republican remain race best poise defeat trump go nov. presidential election sign cruz warm tie establishment republicans south carolina senator lindsey graham vocal critic cruz plan monday hold fundraiser senator texas charles foster houston immigration attorney back bush leave race february say friday urge establishment republicans line behind cruz pitch simplistically trump existential threat total disaster foster say person real chance add particularly within republican primary base conservative far conservative kasich ted trump substantial lead republican white house race though remain far short 1,237 delegate need clinch nomination unclear whether hit number july convention cleveland would also difficult either cruz kasich catch cruz could pick delegate utah hold caucus tuesday candidates expect compete hard wisconsin april 5. far efforts stop trump juggernaut make little impression voters february cruz raise 11.9 million spend 17.5 million leave campaign million wake super tuesday despite heavy spend cruz one state vote february three march super tuesday primaries addition self-funding campaign trump advantage run operation lean heavily free media exposure february trump raise 9.2 million include 6.9 million loan give campaign spend 9.5 million kasich raise 3.4 million february spend 3.6 million half cruz spend 8.7 million advertise cruz also allot 2.6 million traditional campaign tactics like print mailers postage stamp phone call voters cruz spend bite less trump staff record 342,525 payroll cost february trump 370,973 jeff roe cruz campaign manager say twitter sunday campaign enough cash continue compete june last republican primary day hundreds delegate grab costly fight ahead trump cruz court new donors