Jerry Jones donated to Ted Cruz campaign amid Republican's sports 'curse' as Cowboys now crumble

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones reportedly donated $20,000 to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's re-election bid, according to Front Office Sports. 

Jones' donation to Cruz whitethorn person travel astatine a overmuch bigger terms to those who judge successful superstition, however. 

The "Ted Cruz curse" is simply a fashionable sports mentation that is based connected a signifier of unfortunate events happening to teams that Cruz has associated with. The curse has go truthful wide that fans of the Texas Longhorns assemblage shot squad launched a petition connected Change.org to support Cruz distant from the university's sporting events. Cruz was infamously blamed aft the Longhorns mislaid successful January’s Sugar Bowl.

Another lawsuit successful which relation with Cruz was followed by sports misfortune includes the Houston Astros' caller bid nonaccomplishment to the upstart Detroit Tigers successful the American League Wild Card bid earlier this month. Cruz was seen attending the game, and the Astros were swept and kept retired of the ALCS for the archetypal clip since 2016. In 2018, during the NBA Western Conference finals betwixt the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors, Cruz posted a photograph of himself sitting courtside for Game 7, arsenic Houston went connected to suffer successful 1 of the worst shooting performances of James Harden's career. 

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questions U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, during a proceeding astir the attempted assassination of ex-President Donald Trump astatine a run rally, convened by the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, Washington, DC, July 30, 2024. (ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

But present Jones has made the enactment with Cruz a fiscal 1 successful a large predetermination year. And Jones' reported $20,000 donation to the curse-associated legislator has been revealed amid a amazingly atrocious commencement for the Cowboys. 

The Cowboys fell to 3-4 connected the play this past play erstwhile they mislaid to the San Francisco 49ers 30-24, successful an ongoing streak of losses to the storied rivalry that includes 2 playoff defeats successful the past 3 years. The Cowboys defence has been 1 of the worst successful the league, some earlier and aft injuries to prima walk rushers Micah Parsons and Demarcus Lawrence. 

Meanwhile, prima backmost Dak Prescott has regressed from his MVP candidacy past twelvemonth aft signing the largest declaration successful NFL past with the squad conscionable hours earlier its archetypal crippled of the season. Prescott has thrown 8 interceptions to conscionable 10 touchdowns done the archetypal 7 games, and is connected gait for the worst passer standing of his vocation this season.

Overall, it's the Cowboys' worst commencement since 2020, erstwhile the squad finished 6-10 and successful 3rd spot successful the NFC East, wherever they presently beryllium now. It's particularly astonishing fixed the precocious expectations Dallas had going into the play disconnected the heels of 3 consecutive 12-win campaigns. 

Meanwhile, Cruz is warring successful a highly competitory contention to clasp his spot against Democrat challenger Collin Allred. 

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks astatine the Republican National Convention. (Fox News)

Real Clear Politics polling mean shows Cruz with a five-point pb successful the race. There are immoderate troubling signs for the Republican incumbent, including caller polls that amusement Cruz with a pb adjacent to wrong the borderline of error.

Some polls starring up to Cruz’s 2018 Senate contention with erstwhile Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, showed a likewise adjacent race, though Cruz was capable to clasp disconnected the Democratic challenger by nether 3 percent points.

But that adjacent triumph was besides a stark departure from Cruz’s 2012 victory, erstwhile helium easy topped erstwhile Texas Democratic authorities Rep. Paul Sadler by astir 16 percent points.

Cruz himself said that helium is "in the mediate of an epic battle" against Allred successful a caller interrogation connected Fox News' "Life, Liberty & Levin."

One method that Allred's run has utilized to people Cruz is the stigma of his sports curse, and Texas Democrats person adjacent dedicated a page connected their website to pushing the theory. 

Allred's run adjacent released an advertisement based connected the curse. 

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Democrat Texas Rep. Colin Allred (left) and Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (right). (Getty Images)

"Sports fans from crossed Texas are suffering from the aforesaid affliction: the Ted Cruz curse… Want to win? Lose Cruz," Allred said successful the ad. 

Meanwhile, Cruz has hammered Allred connected the Democrat's erstwhile actions successful supporting authorities that would let trans athletes to vie successful women's and girls' sports. The Cruz run has launched aggregate ads during NFL games addressing Allred's past connected the issue.

Allred was antecedently elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 32nd District successful the 2018 midterms. Just months aft assuming bureau the pursuing January, helium cosponsored and voted for the Equality Act, "which would require schools to see antheral athletes who place arsenic transgender girls connected pistillate sports teams," successful May 2019. Allred has besides gone truthful acold arsenic to reason a parents' measure of rights that would springiness radical the quality to intervene successful their daughters competing and sharing locker rooms with biologic males astatine nationalist schools.

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