U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will be on the April 26 primary ballot in Pennsylvania now that the state’s Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling deeming Cruz a “natural-born citizen.”

In a one-paragraph order Thursday, the Supreme Court denied a request for oral argument in Carmon Elliott’s challenge to Cruz’s ballot eligibility. The court instead affirmed a single-judge Commonwealth Court ruling that rejected the argument Cruz was not eligible to run for president because he was born on Canadian soil.

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