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Line 1: − {{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) is the junior [[United States Senator]] from Texas, having won the [[U.S. Senate]] seat vacated by [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] in 2012. A [[conservative]] [[Republican]], 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 fought alongside the [[communist]] [[Fidel Castro]] in the [[Cuban Revolution]] when he was only 14 years old and was imprisoned three years later for his political activities. In 1957, he escaped to the United States. Today he is a pastor in [[Dallas]].<ref>http://frontpagemag.com/2013/frontpagemag-com/senator-ted-cruz-confronting-the-threat-of-radical-islam/</ref> Cruz's mother is American. After Cruz was born in Alberta, [[Canada]], the family moved to Texas. Cruz is a Southern [[Baptist]], married with two children. − − Cruz has been supported by 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 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. On July 31, Cruz defeated Dewhurst in a second round of voting. Cruz easily defeated Democrat former State Representative Paul Sadler in the general election. − ==Senate Career== − Beginning on September 24th, 2013, Cruz gave a 21-hour speech on the senate floor against [[Obamacare]]. The speech greatly boosted his national profile and led to denunciations from the [[liberal media]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/opinion/the-embarrassment-of-senator-ted-cruz.html The Embarrassment of Senator Ted Cruz], September 24th, 2013.</ref> − ==Political positions== − Cruz opposes [[illegal immigration]]<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/international/Ted_Cruz_Immigration.htm</ref>, [[gun control]] and [[homosexuality]]. He is [[pro-life]]<ref>http://www.lifenews.com/2013/06/05/pro-life-senator-ted-cruz-to-address-national-right-to-life-convention/</ref>, supports the [[death penalty]]<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Ted_Cruz.htm</ref> and believes that the [[USA]] should not get involved in the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/09/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-and-their-craven-and-brazen-hypocrisy-on-syria.html</ref> − − Cruz has effectively criticized [[RINO]]s, calling them "squishes."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/29/ted-cruz-mocks-squishes-in-republican-party/</ref> − − ==See also== − * [[Senate Elections 2012]] − * [[Senate Conservatives Fund]] − * [[Donna Campbell]] − − ==External Links== − * [http://www.tedcruz.org/ Official Senate campaign website] − * [http://www.facebook.com/tedcruzpage facebook page] − * [https://twitter.com/#!/tedcruz Twitter page] − * [http://www.tedcruz.org/media/videos/ Ted Cruz Videos] − * [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/06/ted-cruzs-father-delivers-epic-speech-touting-patriotism-and-lambasting-obamas-socialist-inclinations/ Ted Cruz’s father delivers epic speech touting patriotism and lambasting Obama’s ‘socialist’ inclinations] − − ==References== − <references/> − − [[Category:Republicans]] − [[Category:United States Senators]] − [[Category:Texas]] − [[Category:Conservatives]] − [[Category:Baptists]] − [[Category:113th United States Congress]] − − − {{Conservatism}} − {{DEFAULTSORT: Cruz, Ted}}
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