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Ted Cruz has the backing of the [[Tea Party movement]], [[Tea Party Express]], [[Club for Growth]], [[FreedomWorks]], [[Family Research Council]], Erick Erickson of [[RedState]], [[Mark Levin]], Senator [[Jim DeMint]], Senator [[Rand Paul]], Senator [[Pat Toomey]], and [[Sarah Palin]]. | Ted Cruz has the backing of the [[Tea Party movement]], [[Tea Party Express]], [[Club for Growth]], [[FreedomWorks]], [[Family Research Council]], Erick Erickson of [[RedState]], [[Mark Levin]], Senator [[Jim DeMint]], Senator [[Rand Paul]], Senator [[Pat Toomey]], and [[Sarah Palin]]. | ||
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| + | In the Texas primary elections of May 29th, Cruz forced a runoff with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. The pair emerged from a nine-candidate Republican field and will square off in a second round of voting July 31st. | ||
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Revision as of 23:27, May 30, 2012
Ted Cruz (b. December 22, 1970) is a conservative Republican candidate seeking the 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 over 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and personally argued 40 oral arguments, including 9 before the U.S. Supreme Court. He graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude and served as a Primary Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Ted's father was a political prisoner in Cuba before escaping to the United States and his mother is American. Cruz was born in Alberta, Canada then the family moved to Texas. Cruz is a Southern Baptist, married with two children.
Ted Cruz has the backing of the Tea Party movement, Tea Party Express, Club for Growth, FreedomWorks, Family Research Council, Erick Erickson of RedState, Mark Levin, Senator Jim DeMint, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Pat Toomey, and Sarah Palin.
In the Texas primary elections of May 29th, Cruz forced a runoff with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst. The pair emerged from a nine-candidate Republican field and will square off in a second round of voting July 31st.