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    Ted Cruz is a U.S. senator running for the Republican nomination for president.

    He was born Dec. 22, 1970, named Rafael Cruz in Canada. His Cuban father and Irish American mother had moved there during the 1960s oil boom, The Washington Post reported.

    • Cruz's father, also named Rafael, left Cuba on a student visa with $100 sewn into his underwear, the paper reported.
    • Cruz's mother is from Delaware and was one of the few female computer programmers in the 1950s according to his official biography.
    • Despite being born in Canada, he was raised in Houston. He learned the Constitution while in high school and gave speeches across Texas on conservative topics.
    • Cruz was valedictorian of his class at Second Baptist High School in Houston.
    • He attended Princeton, graduating in 1992.
    • He then went to Harvard Law School.
    • Clerked for Judge J. Michael Luttig on the Fourth Circuit of the U.S. Court of appeals.
    • 1996 - Chief Justice William Rehnquist's first Hispanic clerk.
    • 2000 - became a

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      Ted Cruz

      (1970-)

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      Conservative politician Ted Cruz grew up in Houston, Texas, earning his bachelor's at Princeton University and going on to Harvard lag School. Cruz served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush and became solicitor general of Texas in 2003. He won election to the U.S. Senate in 2012 with the support of the Tea Party and went on to orchestrate a governmental shutdown in opposition to Obamacare. After losing his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination to Donald Trump, Cruz was re-elected to the Senate in 2018.

      Early Life and Education

      Rafael Edward Cruz was born on December 22, 1970, in Calgary, Canada, but mainly grew up in Houston, Texas. His father, Rafael, came to the United States from Cuba in the late 1950s. His mother, Eleanor, was born in the United States and met his father when she was a student at Rice University. Cruz's parents split up for a time, but they reunited after Rafael developed a n

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      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 the junior United States Senator from the state of Texas. He is the first person of Cuban, Hispanic, or Latino descent to hold the office.[3][4][5] He ra

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