Senator Ted Cruz
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United States Senator from Texas |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 Serving with John Cornyn |
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| Preceded by | Kay Bailey Hutchison |
| 3rd Solicitor General of Texas | |
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In office January 9, 2003 – May 12, 2008 |
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| Attorney General | Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Julie Parsley |
| Succeeded by | James C. Ho |
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Rafael Edward Cruz December 22, 1970 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Heidi Nelson (m. 2001) |
| Relations | Rafael Bienvenido Cruz (Father) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Princeton University (AB) Harvard University (JD) |
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| Website | Senate website |
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (/kruːz/; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.
Cruz was raised in Houston, Texas. After high school, he attended and graduated from Princeton University and the Harvard Law School. From 1999 to 2003, he served in various political appointee positions: the Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Justice Department, and a Domestic Policy Advisor to George W. Bush on the 2000 George W. Bush Presidential campaign. Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, having been appointed by Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott. He was the first Hispanic, and the longest-serving, Solicitor General in Texas history. From 2004 to 2009, he was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas, where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation.
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