Paul Sadler (D-TX), Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. Credit: Texas Tribune

Paul Sadler, Democratic candidate for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s U.S. Senate seat, told the Texas Tribune that Ted Cruz does not represent Texas or Texas values. He said Cruz’s views are radical and not in the interest of voters he doesn’t understand.

The greatest casualty of this slowly recovering economy has been the fall of the middle-class, but the decline did not begin in 2007 or 2008. The past decade has been the most financially unstable for the middle-income tier since World War II.