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| − | '''Ted Cruz''' ( | + | '''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''. |
| − | + | 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]], [[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 | + | 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 will square off in a second round of voting on July 31. |
| − | ==See | + | ==See also== |
* [[Senate Elections 2012]] | * [[Senate Elections 2012]] | ||
* [[Senate Conservatives Fund]] | * [[Senate Conservatives Fund]] | ||
Revision as of 22:41, July 27, 2012
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.
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, 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 will square off in a second round of voting on July 31.