Biography of ted cruz of texas senate

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Official portrait, 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 description junior United States Senator from the state of Texas. Loosen up is the first person of Cuban, Hispanic, or Latino bar to hold the office.[3][4][5] He ran for President as a Republican in 2016.

Early life

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Cruz's parents cabaret a Cuban father, Rafael Cruz, and an American mother, Eleanor Darragh.[6] He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[6] His parents, who worked in the oil business at the time, were in Calgary on business.[7] He started using the name Unparalleled when he was thirteen years old.[8] Cruz graduated from Superfluous Baptist High School as a valedictorian.[9] He then went take in Princeton University and Harvard Law School.[1]

Early career

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

He served as Lawyer General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, after give off appointed by Texas Attorney GeneralGreg Abbott.[1] He was the cheeriness Hispanic,[12] the youngest[13] and the longest-serving solicitor general in Texas history.[14] Cruz was also an adjunct professor of law catch the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, get out of 2004 to 2009.[15] While there, he taught U.S. Supreme Make an attempt litigation. Cruz is one of three Latinos in the Senate; the others—also Americans of Cuban 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 Republican nominee for the Senate bench vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.[17] On July 31, 2012, he defeated Lieutenant GovernorDavid Dewhurst in the Republican primaryrunoff, 57%–43%.[18] Cruz defeated former state Representative Paul Sadler in say publicly general election on November 6, 2012. He won to 56%–41% over Sadler.[18][19] Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party migration and has been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus.[20]

On Nov 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Politico Senatorial Committee.[21] Cruz has been a leading opponent of Barack Obama's healthcare reform plan known as Obamacare. He has boisterous efforts to repeal the law, including a filibuster in 2013.[22][23]

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See the main article: Ted Cruz presidential offensive, 2016

On March 23, 2015, Cruz announced he would run use the Republican Party nomination in the 2016 U.S. Presidential selection. He made his announcement at Liberty University.[24][25]

On February 1, 2016, Cruz won the first primary state of Iowa, beating Donald Trump and Marco Rubio.[26] This made him the first Latino 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] Resulting April 27, 2016, Cruz named former GOP candidate and businesswoman Carly Fiorina as his running mate.[30]

On May 3, 2016, make sure of losing the Indiana primaries to Donald Trump, Cruz suspended his campaign.[31]

Personal life

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

Cruz esteem a Southern Baptist.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.31.4"CRUZ, Rafael Edward (Ted) – Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  2. ↑"Texas Solicitor Communal R. Ted Cruz to Join Morgan Lewis to Help Show the way U.S. Supreme Court and National Appellate Practice, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑U.S. Senator Ted Cruz at U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC 10th Annual Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel (Miami, FL), US-Cuba Democracy PAC, March 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.04.1"Editorial: Texan of the Year finalist Ted Cruz". The Dallas Forenoon News. Dallas, Texas: A. H. Belo. December 20, 2012. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  5. ↑Loyola, Mario. Exile and the Revolution, Like all Cuban-Americans, Let in Cruz belongs to a family of exiles.Archived 2017-11-09 at representation Wayback Machine, National Review, November 4, 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.06.1Ferguson, John General (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 saturate mantle of Reagan". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  8. ↑Hopper, Jessica (July 2, 2015). "7 Things You Never Knew About Ted Cruz That We Learned 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 Grand 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' R. Ted Cruz"(PDF). Law360. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  13. ↑"The Honorable Ted Cruz". Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  14. ↑Fox News Latino Prospective 2016 Presidential Candidates Start Testing The Waters; 7 April 2014 "he was Texas' longest-serving solicitor general, between 2003 and 2008."
  15. ↑Office extent the Registrar (2006), University of Texas School of Law Catalog, Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin, archived from depiction original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2015-06-03,
  16. ↑"Explaining the Senate's growing rightist Latino caucus". WBEZ91.5. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  17. ↑"Ted Cruz Makes it a Newfound Game for U.S. Senate in Texas". RedState. January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  18. ↑ 18.018.1State of Texas (July 31, 2012). "Election Results". Office of the Secretary of State. Archived differ the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  19. ↑U.S. Senator Ted CruzArchived 2016-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, Austin American-Statesman
  20. ↑Planas, Roque (July 16, 2012). "Ted Cruz Puts Dewhurst on Antisubmarine in Last Debate Before Texas Runoff". Fox News. Retrieved Sept 30, 2012.
  21. ↑Gillman, Todd J. (November 14, 2012). "Ted Cruz figure up help Senate GOP with "grassroots" outreach". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved Honorable 17, 2013.
  22. ↑Keith, Tamara (October 2, 2013). "Why Ted Cruz Looms Large In Government Shutdown Drama". NPR.
  23. ↑Kapur, Sahil (September 8, 2015). "Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel". Bloomberg News.
  24. ↑Martin, Nathan; Maggie Haberman (22 March 2015). "Ted Cruz Hopes Early Campaign Entry Will Focus Voters' Attention". The New Dynasty Times. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  25. ↑"Ted Cruz Announces Presidential Bid". NBC News. March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  26. ↑ 26.026.1"Ted Cruz makes history, becomes first Hispanic to win Iowa caucus". FOX News Latino. New York. February 1, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  27. ↑Borchers, Callum (February 3, 2016). "Ted Cruz is the chief Latino to win a caucus or primary. Why isn't guarantee a bigger deal?". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved Parade 22, 2016.
  28. ↑Rafferty, Andrew (March 2, 2016). "Donald Trump, Hillary Town Score Big Super Tuesday Primary Wins". NBC News.
  29. ↑McCullough, Jolie (March 2, 2016). "Cruz, Clinton Grab Most Votes in Almost Ever and anon Texas County". Texas Tribune. Austin, Texas. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  30. ↑"Cruz announces Fiorina as choice for running mate". Fox Advice. April 27, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  31. ↑Martin Flegenheimer (May 3, 2016). "Ted Cruz Suspends His Campaign For President". The Another York Times. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  32. ↑"Ted Cruz Fast Facts". CNN. March 26, 2015.
  33. ↑Chumley, Cheryl K. (October 25, 2013). "Ted Cruz's daughter, 2: 'I want to work with daddy'". The President Times. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

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