Biography of senator ted cruz
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Ted Cruz
(1970-)
Who Is Ted Cruz?
Conservative politician Ted Cruz grew up in Houston, Texas, earning his bachelor's at Princeton University and going on to Harvard Law School.
Cruz served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush and became solicitor general of Texas in 2003.
Biography of senator ted cruz
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