Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday that he is exploring a presidential bid in 2016, confirming speculation that the Texas Republican is gauging whether he has a chance to take what figures to be a crowded GOP field.
“It’s something I’m looking at very seriously,” Cruz said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The Tea Party favorite said support for his candidacy has been “extraordinary” and “encouraging.”
Polling, though, has Cruz trailing a number of other prospective Republican candidates.
A Fox News poll conducted between Jan. 25 and 27 showed Cruz getting support from 4 percent of respondents, trailing ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, physician Ben Carson and Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida.
