Timeline (Trump Never Runs)

2016

 * July 21, 2016: Texas Senator Ted Cruz officially wins the Republican primary against Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio Governor John Kasich.
 * July 28, 2016: former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton officially wins the Democratic primary against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
 * November 8, 2016: The United States presidential election of 2016 is held, along with other U.S. elections.
 * The Republican Ticket of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz from Texas and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa defeated the Democratic Ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from New York and U.S Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia.

2017

 * January 20, 2017: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is inaugurated the 45th President of the United States.
 * January 21, 2017: Texas Governor Greg Abbot assigns U.S. Representative Cecil Bell Jr. to Ted Cruz's Senate Seat.