Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) is throwing his support behind T.W. Shannon, saying the former state House Speaker will be a conservative fighter for Oklahoma in the U.S. Senate.
Shannon is running against Rep. James Lankford (R., Okla.) and a handful of other candidates in a GOP primary for retiring Sen. Tom Coburn's seat.
"In Oklahoma, there are a number of good Senate candidates, but T.W. Shannon is a conservative fighter," Cruz says.
"He has the courage to look Washington insiders in the eye, and say, ‘I don’t work for you, I work for the people of Oklahoma,’" Cruz continues.