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Ted Cruz lands mammoth book deal, just in time for 2016 election

Sen. Ted Cruz signs an autograph on on Capitol Hill. It's being reported that soon he will sign a book deal with HarperCollins.
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Sen. Ted Cruz will sign a mammoth book deal, the Associated Press reports, for a memoir/polemic to be published in advance of the 2016 election. The tea party favorite is rumored to have scored $1.5 million for the book.

Cruz’s literary agent told the AP that the $1.5 million figure is “close” without going into further detail. The Washington Examiner reports that a number of publishers were bidding for the book, including newcomer Newsmax, which offered $1 million.

If the deal is for the full $1.5 million, that would make Cruz’s book deal the most lucrative of recent conservative candidates. Sarah Palin’s was the highest, which was $1.25 million.

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Cruz has been a high-profile conservative in his first term in the U.S. Senate. His recent appearance at Conservative Political Action Conference positioned him -- and also Paul Ryan -- as possible 2016 presidential candidates.

Of the book deal, NPR notes,“A political memoir is something of a requisite for a presidential run.”

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