Marco Rubio presidential campaign, 2016 declared he was running for president approximately three weeks after this fellow republican who has served  as the junior United States Senator from Texas since what year
Ted Cruz Rafael Edward Cruz ( ; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
Kevin Eltife is an American businessman and former politician from Tyler, Texas. A Republican, served in the Texas Senate from 2004 through 2017. He was sworn in on March 5, 2004, after winning a special election to represent District 1. He declined to seek re-election in 2016 and was succeeded in office by fellow Republican Bryan Hughes.