Defying the Odds and Electing Senator Cruz with John Drogin




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Summary: 00:00 Programming Note from Raz<br> <br> 00:55 Introduction and John Drogin Bio<br> <br> 02:24 Tell us about your background and what you did before crossing paths with Ted Cruz<br> <br> 11:59 How did you and Ted Cruz get connected?<br> <br> 19:02 How did y’all start building Cruz’s Senate campaign?<br> <br> 24:44 How did you build your campaign team, especially for such a long-shot run?<br> <br> 34:26 Tell us about that first year on the campaign trail. Building the strategy and the first phase of the campaign<br> <br> 37:58 The importance of letting people really get to know the candidate!<br> <br> 43:58 How Cruz secured critical PAC and SuperPAC endorsements<br> <br> 48:52 How did you bait Ducking Dewhurst into engaging?<br> <br> 54:30 How did you deal with the misleading attacks that the Dewhurst campaign deployed?<br> <br> 57:16 Once you won the Senate race, how did y’all build a strong, conservative Senate Staff?<br> <br> 1:04:52 What was your job as Cruz’s State Director and how did that mission build out?<br> <br> 1:08:54 What advice do you have for potential candidates and campaign staff?<br> <br> 1:10:24 Drogin’s contact information and outro