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| | 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]]. | | 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]]. |
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| − | 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. | + | In the Texas Senate primary elections of May 29, 2012, Cruz finished second to Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, but the nine-candidate Republican field forced a run-off. 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. |
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| | + | == Campaigns Financed by Substantial Pro-[[Homosexual]] Donations == |
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| | + | The ''Texas Tribune'' determined in 2012 that Ted Cruz's:<ref>http://www.texastribune.org/2012/07/03/ted-cruzs-gay-billionaire-donor-draws-criticism/</ref> |
| | + | {{cquote|largest longtime contributor is a gay billionaire who supports same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization, campaign finance filings show. Peter Thiel, a German-born hedge fund manager and founder of the online payment system PayPal, gave Cruz $251,000 in 2009 for his aborted run for attorney general. The money represented 19 percent of the total raised for that campaign, which Cruz ended after Attorney General Greg Abbott decided to run for re-election.}} |
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| | + | The ''Texas Monthly'' ran a similar expose entitled, "Ted Cruz's Gay Marriage Money." This article described how one of Cruz's donors has been:<ref>http://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/ted-cruzs-gay-marriage-money</ref> |
| | + | {{cquote|Paul Elliott Singer of the hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation. Singer, whose son married his partner, donated $425,000 and raised another $500,000 to push for legalization of same-sex marriage in New York. In 2012, Singer donated $1 million to the American Unity PAC, with the purpose of supporting candidates who back gay marriage. Singer gave Cruz $25,000 in 2009.}} |
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| | + | In April, the New York Times ran an article about the special fundraising meeting that Cruz had in Manhattan with homosexual donors: "At New York Reception, Ted Cruz Said to Strike Different Tone Toward Gays." |
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| | ==Biography== | | ==Biography== |
| | 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>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/frontpagemag-com/senator-ted-cruz-confronting-the-threat-of-radical-islam/ |title=Senator Ted Cruz: Confronting The Threat of Radical Islam |work=[[FrontPage Magazine]] |date=May 20, 2013 }}</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'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>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/frontpagemag-com/senator-ted-cruz-confronting-the-threat-of-radical-islam/ |title=Senator Ted Cruz: Confronting The Threat of Radical Islam |work=[[FrontPage Magazine]] |date=May 20, 2013 }}</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. |
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| | + | As a student at Harvard Law School, Cruz was more of a libertarian than a social conservative.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/metro/what-was-ted-cruz-like-at_b_6941178.html</ref> |
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| − | [[The New York Times]] has engaged in a scheme to keep Cruz' book off of its best best seller list<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howerton |first1=Jason |url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/09/despite-stellar-sales-new-york-times-keeps-ted-cruzs-new-book-off-bestseller-list-heres-the-excuse-given/ |title=Despite Stellar Sales, New York Times Keeps Ted Cruz’s New Book Off Bestseller List — Here’s the Excuse Given |work=[[The Blaze]] |date=July 9, 2015 }}</ref>. | + | [[The New York Times]] has engaged in a scheme to keep Cruz' book off of its best best seller list.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howerton |first1=Jason |url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/09/despite-stellar-sales-new-york-times-keeps-ted-cruzs-new-book-off-bestseller-list-heres-the-excuse-given/ |title=Despite Stellar Sales, New York Times Keeps Ted Cruz’s New Book Off Bestseller List — Here’s the Excuse Given |work=[[The Blaze]] |date=July 9, 2015 }}</ref> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |