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Here’s a look at the life of Ted Cruz, Republican senator from Texas and former 2016 presidential candidate.
Birth date: December 22, 1970
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Birth place:
Birth name: Rafael Edward Cruz
Father: Rafael Cruz, pastor
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Mother: Eleanor Darragh, computer programmer
Marriage: Heidi (Nelson) Cruz (2001-present)
Children: Caroline and Catherine
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Education: Princeton University, B.A. in Public Policy, 1992; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1995
Religion: Southern Baptist
During the Cuban revolution, Rafael Cruz sided with against dictator Fulgencio Batista, but later became a critic of Castro.
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While at Harvard Law School, Cruz was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and founder of the Harvard Latino Law Review.
First Hispanic US Senator from Texas.
Was a dual citizen of Canada and the United States until he renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2014.
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1996-1997 – Clerks for Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
1997-1999 – Attorney with the Washington, DC-based law firm Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal.
1999-2000 – Domestic policy adviser during first presidential campaign.
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2001 – Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
2001-2003 – Director of the Office of Policy Planning, with the Federal Trade Commission.
2003-2008 – Solicitor General of Texas. He is the first Hispanic to hold the position. He is also the longest serving solicitor general in Texas’ history.
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2004-2009 – Adjunct law professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
2008-2012 – Attorney with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Houston.
May 29, 2012 – in the Texas GOP senatorial primary to force a runoff.
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July 31, 2012 – Defeats Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the runoff election for the Republican Senate nomination, by a vote of 57% to 43%.
November 6, 2012 – Elected US senator from Texas by defeating Democrat Paul Sadler, 56% to 41%.
November 14, 2012 – Named vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
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January 3, 2013 – Sworn in as the 34th US senator from Texas.
September 24, 2013 – aimed at derailing ’s health care reform law.
June 2014 – , and is no longer a dual citizen of Canada and the United States.
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March 23, 2015 – Cruz announces his candidacy for president in a 30-second video message posted on Twitter shortly after midnight.
July 15, 2015 – that Cruz’s memoir will appear on the , a week after the newspaper rejected it as a bestseller because sales were allegedly inflated by “.” Cruz’s book “A Time for Truth” was published on June 30.
April 27, 2016 – Cruz formally names as his – a last-ditch move to regain momentum after being mathematically eliminated from winning the GOP presidential nomination outright.
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May 3, 2016 – Cruz announces he is
May 10, 2016 – Ending speculation about whether he would take a break from Congress to prep for another presidential run in 2020, .
September 23, 2016 – endorses for the presidency, surprising many after a contentious primary filled with nasty personal attacks and Cruz’s dramatic snub of Trump at the Republican National Convention, where he pointedly refused to endorse the nominee.
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November 6, 2018 – Democratic 50.9% to 48.3% in the race for Senate in Texas, holding off the progressive online fundraising sensation.
March 15, 2019 – A watchdog group discloses that Cruz’s campaign has been fined that helped underwrite his first Senate bid in 2012.
July 13, 2020 – , including Cruz, in retaliation for measures over Beijing’s alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.
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January 6, 2021 – during the .
February 17, 2021 – , for vacation as a winter disaster in his home state leaves millions without power or water. He later says the trip “was obviously a mistake” and that “in hindsight I wouldn’t have done it.”
September 30, 2021 – and consider regulations that limit money that committees can raise after the election to reimburse loans made before the election. On May 16, 2022, . The court says that a federal cap on candidates using political contributions after an election to recoup personal loans made to their campaign is unconstitutional.
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