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Updated with election results.
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[[File:Cruz header bio1.JPG|right]]
'''Ted Cruz''' (born December 22, 1970) is a [[conservative]] [[Republican]] candidate seeking the [[U.S. Senate]] seat vacated by [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]]. He is the former Solicitor General of [[Texas]], the chief lawyer for the state before the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. Cruz has authored more than eighty U.S. Supreme Court briefs and personally argued forty oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated [[magna cum laude]] from [[Harvard Law School]] and served as a primary editor of the ''Harvard Law Review''.
'''Ted Cruz''' (born December 22, 1970) will be the [[conservative]] [[Republican]] Senator, winning the [[U.S. Senate]] seat vacated by [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] in the 2012 election cycle. He is the former Solicitor General of [[Texas]], the chief lawyer for the state before the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. Cruz has authored more than eighty U.S. Supreme Court briefs and personally argued forty oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated [[magna cum laude]] from [[Harvard Law School]] and served as a primary editor of the ''Harvard Law Review''.
Cruz's father was a political prisoner in [[Cuba]] before escaping to the United States. Cruz's mother is American. Cruz was born in Alberta, [[Canada]]; then the family moved to Texas. Cruz is a Southern [[Baptist]], married with two children.
Cruz's father was a political prisoner in [[Cuba]] before escaping to the United States. Cruz's mother is American. Cruz was born in Alberta, [[Canada]]; then the family moved to Texas. Cruz is a Southern [[Baptist]], married with two children.