Fox Business host Larry Kudlow urged Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to consider launching a presidential campaign in November, while asking whether Cruz would seek the Republican nomination in 2028. Cruz said there would be time to discuss a run after the midterms, saying his immediate focus was preventing Democrats from taking the House and Senate and halting legislative progress under President Trump. Kudlow cited Trump’s decision to declare his candidacy shortly after the 2022 midterms as a factor in his 2024 success. Cruz previously sought the presidency in 2016, winning 11 state contests, including the Iowa caucuses, before suspending his campaign as Trump opened a substantial delegate lead. Cruz later backed President Trump in the general election but did not endorse him at the Republican convention in Cleveland, where Trump supporters booed him. Cruz is now viewed as a potential Republican contender for 2028 and has said the party has not settled on Vice President Vance. Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are also viewed as possible successors to Trump, although neither has publicly said whether he will run. An Emerson College poll showed Rubio ahead of Vance in several hypothetical 2028 matchups against Democratic candidates.