Via Fox News:
DES MOINES, Iowa – Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race last year, on Monday endorsed fellow Texan Sen. Ted Cruz for president.
Perry announced his support for Cruz on Fox News, and in a video statement released by the Cruz campaign.
“I am convinced without a doubt that on day one, this very committed conservative American will be ready to be commander-in-chief,” Perry told Fox News.
Cruz, who worked in Perry’s administration as the solicitor general of Texas between 2003 and 2008, is currently in second place in Iowa and trailing Donald Trump by 11 points, according to a new Fox News Poll released on Sunday. With only a week until the Iowa caucuses, Trump was solidly in first place with 34 percent, while Cruz trailed him with 23 percent.