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{{Officeholder
|name=Ted Cruz
|image=Cruz header bio1.JPG
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Heidi Cruz
|religion=Southern Baptist
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Texas
|terms=January 3, 2013 - Present
|preceded=[[Kay Bailey Hutchison]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''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''.
'''Ted Cruz''' (born December 22, 1970) is the incoming [[conservative]] [[Republican]] Senator from Texas, having won 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.
Cruz carriess the backing of the [[Tea Party movement]], [[Tea Party Express]], [[Club for Growth]], [[FreedomWorks]], the [[Family Research Council]], Erick Erickson of [[RedState]], [[Mark Levin]], Senator [[Jim DeMint]], Senator [[Rand Paul]], Senator [[Pat Toomey]], and former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]].
Cruz carriess the backing of the [[Tea Party movement]], [[Tea Party Express]], [[Club for Growth]], [[FreedomWorks]], the [[Family Research Council]], Erick Erickson of [[RedState]], [[Mark Levin]], Senator [[Jim DeMint]], Senator [[Rand Paul]], Senator [[Pat Toomey]], and former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]].
In the Texas primary elections of May 29, 2012, Cruz forced a runoff with Lieutenant Governor [[David Dewhurst]]. The pair emerged from a nine-candidate Republican field and squared-off in a second round of voting on July 31. Cruz emerged victorious defeating Dewhurst.
In the Texas Senate primary elections of May 29, 2012, Cruz forced a runoff with Lieutenant Governor [[David Dewhurst]]. The pair emerged from a nine-candidate Republican field and squared-off in a second round of voting on July 31. Cruz emerged victorious defeating Dewhurst. Cruz defeated Democrat former State Representative Paul Sadler in the general election.
==See also==
==See also==
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:United States Senators]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Baptists]]