Rafael Edward Cruz was born on December 22, 1970 and he is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008.
He graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School and decided to pursue a career in politics. He worked as a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration before serving as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008.
Who does Ted Cruz represent?
Ted Cruz is a proud member of the Republican Party, he is also a United States Senator representing the state of Texas.
Ted Cruz had a wide knowledge on politics and people were expecting he would run for president in 2016. On March 14, 2013, he gave the keynote speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC and he tied for 7th place in the 2013 CPAC straw poll on March 16, winning 4% of the votes cast.
In October 2013, Cruz won the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll with 42% of the vote and finished first in two presidential straw polls conducted in 2014 with 30.33% of the vote at the Republican Leadership Conference and 43% of the vote at the Republican Party of Texas state convention.
