Ted Cruz

U.S. Congressperson

1970 –

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Who is Ted Cruz?

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz is the junior United States Senator for the state of Texas since 2013, and is a member of the Republican Party. He was Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, after being appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. He was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the United States, and the Solicitor General with the longest tenure in Texas history. He was also the first Hispanic, and the first minority to be elected U.S. Senator from Texas. He is one of three Latinos in the Senate. The others—also Cuban-Americans like Cruz—are fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

Between 1999 and 2003, Cruz served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as Domestic Policy Advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. In addition, Cruz was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation, from 2004 to 2009.

Cruz was the Republican nominee for the Senate seat which was vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. On July 31, 2012, he defeated Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff, 57–43. Cruz defeated the Democrat, former state Representative Paul Sadler, in the general election held on November 6, 2012; he prevailed with 56–41 over Sadler. Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party movement, and is also endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus.

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Born
Dec 22, 1970
Calgary
Also known as
  • Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz
  • Rafael Edward Cruz
Parents
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Southern Baptist Convention
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Princeton University
  • Harvard University
  • Harvard Law School
Lived in
  • Calgary
  • Houston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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