Ogles reacted to Cruz’s endorsement, saying, “I am honored and humbled to receive the endorsement of Senator Ted Cruz. Just like everything Axiom touches.”Īdditionally, Roe previously served as a strategist for Club for Growth.Īxiom Strategies’ subsidiary, Ax Media, is listed on Ogles’ FEC report, and Ogles has confirmed to several individuals that he is working with Roe’s group. When he learned of Cruz’s endorsement, he said, “Bought and paid for. We’ll get your campaign, Ted Cruz.”Īnother strategist was blunter. It is one of the things they say to potential clients during pitch meetings. “Jeff Roe’s Axiom Strategies is a company operated by political interns who get hired to guarantee Ted Cruz’s endorsement,” said a senior national political campaign strategist with several statewide and congressional clients this cycle.Ī political consultant who has worked both with and against Axiom Strategies on races said, “The Ted Cruz endorsement is something that we all expect to happen when Axiom is involved. Roe also ran Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign. Political professionals consider Cruz’s endorsement a fait accompli when Jeff Roe and Axiom are working on a campaign, partly because Roe and Cruz work so closely together. Andy has spent his life working for the people of Tennessee, and I have no doubt he will continue to display that passion for service when elected to Congress.” He is a steadfast conservative who will join me in the fight to cut taxes, secure our southern border, and protect the Second Amendment. In a statement endorsing Ogles that was provided to The Tennessee Star, Cruz said, “I am proud to endorse Andy Ogles for Congress in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. Another Jeff Roe/Axiom Strategies client, TN-5 candidate Andy Ogles, announced the endorsement of U.S.

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