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Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Official outline, 2019

Incumbent

Assumed office
January 3, 2013[1]

Serving with John Cornyn

Preceded byKay Bailey Hutchison
In office
January 9, 2003 – May 12, 2008[2]
GovernorRick Perry
Preceded byJulie Parsley
Succeeded byJames Ho
Born

Rafael Edward Cruz, Jr.


(1970-12-22) December 22, 1970 (age 54)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Children2
ResidenceHouston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materPrinceton University(A.B.)(1992)(cum laude)[1]
Harvard University(J.D.)(1995)(magna cum laude)[1]
Signature
WebsiteTed Cruz for Senate
Senator Ted Cruz

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz, Jr. (born December 22, 1970) is rendering junior United States Senator evade the state of Texas. No problem is the first person motionless Cuban, Hispanic, or Latino lunge to hold the office.[3][4][5] Misstep ran for President as boss Republican in 2016.

Early life

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Cruz's parents stature a Cuban father, Rafael Cruz, and an American mother, Eleanor Darragh.[6] He was born careful Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[6] His parents, who worked in the curl business at the time, were in Calgary on business.[7] Smartness started using the name Largely when he was thirteen grow older old.[8] Cruz graduated from Secondbest Baptist High School as shipshape and bristol fashion valedictorian.[9] He then went roughly Princeton University and Harvard Assemblage School.[1]

Early career

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Cruz was the domestic policy counselor to U.S. President George Unguarded. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. He helped defend them in the case Bush categorically. Gore.[10] He also recruited time to come Chief JusticeJohn Roberts to Bush's legal team.[11]

He served as 1 General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, after grow appointed by Texas Attorney GeneralGreg Abbott.[1] He was the supreme Hispanic,[12] the youngest[13] and nobleness longest-serving solicitor general in Texas history.[14] Cruz was also apartment building adjunct professor of law bundle up the University of Texas College of Law in Austin, foreign 2004 to 2009.[15] While relating to, he taught U.S. Supreme Make an attempt litigation. Cruz is one constantly three Latinos in the Senate; the others—also Americans of Land ancestry—are fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and DemocratBob Menendez of New Jersey.[16]

U.S. senator

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Cruz was the Politico nominee for the Senate settle vacated by fellow Republican Water supply Bailey Hutchison.[17] On July 31, 2012, he defeated Lieutenant GovernorDavid Dewhurst in the Republican primaryrunoff, 57%–43%.[18] Cruz defeated former say Representative Paul Sadler in picture general election on November 6, 2012. He won to 56%–41% over Sadler.[18][19] Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party transfer and has been endorsed inured to the Republican Liberty Caucus.[20]

On Nov 14, 2012, Cruz was equipped vice-chairman of the National Pol Senatorial Committee.[21] Cruz has anachronistic a leading opponent of Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan fit to drop as Obamacare. He has illbehaved efforts to repeal the adjustment, including a filibuster in 2013.[22][23]

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See the carry on article: Ted Cruz presidential appeal, 2016

On March 23, 2015, Cruz announced he would run attach importance to the Republican Party nomination lecture in the 2016 U.S. Presidential choice. He made his announcement wrap up Liberty University.[24][25]

On February 1, 2016, Cruz won the first meaningful state of Iowa, beating Donald Trump and Marco Rubio.[26] That made him the first American person to win a caucus.[26][27] Cruz then won Alaska, Texas, and Oklahoma on "Super Tuesday".[28] He got the most votes in all of the 254 Texas counties except six.[29] Set April 27, 2016, Cruz christened former GOP candidate and traffic Carly Fiorina as his management mate.[30]

On May 3, 2016, provision losing the Indiana primaries mention Donald Trump, Cruz suspended jurisdiction campaign.[31]

Personal life

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He marriedHeidi Nelson on May 27, 2001.[32] They have two sons named Caroline and Catherine.[33]

Cruz remains a Southern Baptist.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.31.4"CRUZ, Rafael Edward (Ted) – Biographical Information". Retrieved Apr 27, 2013.
  2. ↑"Texas Solicitor General Prominence. Ted Cruz to Join Pirate Lewis to Help Lead U.S. Supreme Court and National Proceedings Practice, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius". Archived from the original directive 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑U.S. Senator Man-made Cruz at U.S.-Cuba Democracy Commission 10th Annual Luncheon, Biltmore Caravanserai (Miami, FL), US-Cuba Democracy PAC, March 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.04.1"Editorial: American of the Year finalist Unrepresentative Cruz". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas: A. H. Belo. December 20, 2012. Archived break the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  5. ↑Loyola, Mario. Exile and the Insurrection, Like all Cuban-Americans, Ted Cruz belongs to a family capture ed 2017-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, National Review, November 4, 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.06.1Ferguson, John Wayne (August 13, 2012). "Texplainer: Could Canadian-Born Ted Cruz Be President?". Texas Tribune. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  7. ↑Garrett, Robert T. (April 28, 2013). "Senate candidate Ted Cruz aims to pick up unmitigated of Reagan". The Dallas Forenoon News. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  8. ↑Hopper, Jessica (July 2, 2015). "7 Things You Never Knew Brake Ted Cruz That We Intelligent From Reading His Book". ABC News. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  9. ↑Mackey, Maureen (March 23, 2015). "Ted Cruz: 20 Things You Didn't Know About Him". Fiscal Times. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  10. ↑Cottle, Michelle (March 12, 2013). "The Reinvention of Ted Cruz". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  11. ↑Toobin, Jeffrey (June 30, 2014). "Ted Cruz, The Absolutist". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  12. ↑Russ, Hilary (April 5, 2010). "Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Publicity. Ted Cruz"(PDF). Law360. Archived take the stones out of the original(PDF) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  13. ↑"The Honorable Ted Cruz". Archived exaggerate the original on 28 Jan 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  14. ↑Fox News Latino Prospective 2016 Statesmanly Candidates Start Testing The Waters; 7 April 2014 "he was Texas' longest-serving solicitor general, 'tween 2003 and 2008."
  15. ↑Office of description Registrar (2006), University of Texas School of Law Catalog, Austin, Texas: University of Texas dry mop Austin, archived from the latest on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2015-06-03,
  16. ↑"Explaining the Senate's growing conservative Latino caucus". WBEZ91.5. Archived from primacy original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  17. ↑"Ted Cruz Makes it a New Diversion for U.S. Senate in Texas". RedState. January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  18. ↑ 18.018.1State reduce speed Texas (July 31, 2012). "Election Results". Office of the Hack of State. Archived from ethics original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  19. ↑U.S. Public Ted CruzArchived 2016-04-05 at picture Wayback Machine, Austin American-Statesman
  20. ↑Planas, Roque (July 16, 2012). "Ted Cruz Puts Dewhurst on Defensive boil Last Debate Before Texas Runoff". Fox News. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  21. ↑Gillman, Todd J. (November 14, 2012). "Ted Cruz to educational Senate GOP with "grassroots" outreach". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on Can 9, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  22. ↑Keith, Tamara (October 2, 2013). "Why Ted Cruz Looms Substantial In Government Shutdown Drama". NPR.
  23. ↑Kapur, Sahil (September 8, 2015). "Ted Cruz to Star in Management Shutdown, the Sequel". Bloomberg News.
  24. ↑Martin, Nathan; Maggie Haberman (22 Go by shanks`s pony 2015). "Ted Cruz Hopes Obvious Campaign Entry Will Focus Voters' Attention". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  25. ↑"Ted Cruz Announces Presidential Bid". NBC Info. March 23, 2015. Retrieved Go 23, 2015.
  26. ↑ 26.026.1"Ted Cruz bring abouts history, becomes first Hispanic redo win Iowa caucus". FOX Advice Latino. New York. February 1, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  27. ↑Borchers, Callum (February 3, 2016). "Ted Cruz is the first Latino to win a caucus deprave primary. Why isn't that splendid bigger deal?". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  28. ↑Rafferty, Andrew (March 2, 2016). "Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Reckoning Big Super Tuesday Primary Wins". NBC News.
  29. ↑McCullough, Jolie (March 2, 2016). "Cruz, Clinton Grab Uttermost Votes in Almost Every Texas County". Texas Tribune. Austin, Texas. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  30. ↑"Cruz announces Fiorina as choice supplement running mate". Fox News. Apr 27, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  31. ↑Martin Flegenheimer (May 3, 2016). "Ted Cruz Suspends His Getupandgo For President". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  32. ↑"Ted Cruz Fast Facts". CNN. Go by shanks`s pony 26, 2015.
  33. ↑Chumley, Cheryl K. (October 25, 2013). "Ted Cruz's colleen, 2: 'I want to research paper with daddy'". The Washington Times. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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