Ted Cruz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1970

Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Profession: lawyer, politician, law clerk, deputy

Nationality: Canada, United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Ted Cruz

  • Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Texas since 2013.
  • He was the runner-up for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Cruz holds degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
  • From 1999 to 2003, he held various government positions, serving as Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, and as a Domestic Policy Advisor to George W.
  • Bush during Bush's 2000 presidential campaign.
  • Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, having been appointed by Texas Attorney General and later Governor Greg Abbott.
  • He was the longest-serving solicitor general in Texas history and the first Hispanic American to serve in that capacity.
  • From 2004 to 2009, Cruz was an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where he taught U.S.
  • Supreme Court litigation. In 2012, Cruz ran for and won the U.S.
  • Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.
  • He is the first Hispanic American to serve as a U.S.
  • Senator from Texas.
  • In 2016, Cruz ran for President of the United States, winning Republican contests in 12 states before withdrawing from the race.
  • He was reelected to the Senate in 2018, defeating Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke by a slim margin of 50.9% to 48.3% in the most expensive Senate race in U.S.
  • history.
  • Along with Bob Menendez and Marco Rubio, Cruz is one of three current U.S.
  • Senators of Cuban descent.

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