Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz
Official portrait, 2019
United States Senator from Texas
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2013[1] Serving with John Cornyn
Preceded by	Kay Bailey Hutchison
Solicitor General of Texas
In office January 9, 2003 – May 12, 2008[2]
Governor	Rick Perry
Preceded by	Julie Parsley
Succeeded by	James Ho
Personal details
Born	Rafael Edward Cruz, Jr. (1970-12-22) December 22, 1970 (age 53) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Heidi Nelson ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2
Residence	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University (A.B.) (1992) (cum laude)[1] Harvard University (J.D.) (1995) (magna cum laude)[1]
Signature
Website	Ted 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 ran for President as a Republican in 2016.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "CRUZ, Rafael Edward (Ted) – Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
2. ↑ "Texas Solicitor General R. Ted Cruz to Join Morgan Lewis to Help Lead 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. ↑ "Editorial: Texan of the Year finalist Ted Cruz". The Dallas Morning 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, Ted Cruz belongs to a family of exiles. Archived 2017-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, National Review, November 4, 2011.