Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz is an American politician. Born December 22, 1970, in Foothills Medical Centre. Positions held include director, Solicitor General of Texas (2003–2008) and Associate Deputy Attorney General. Educated at Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
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What Wikidata says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 2556039254
- Described as
- American politician (born 1970)
- Other names
- Rafael Edward Cruz, Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz, Sen. Ted Cruz
- Born
- December 22, 1970 · 3 references
- Born in
- Foothills Medical Centre · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Rafael Edward Cruz
- Citizen of
- United States (1970–); Canada (1970–2014) · 2 references
- Occupation
- politician · 2 references; lawyer · 1 reference; law clerk · 1 reference; jurist · 1 reference
- Positions held
- director · 1 reference; Solicitor General of Texas (2003–2008) · 1 reference; Associate Deputy Attorney General · 1 reference; United States senator (2013–) · 1 reference; senator · 1 reference
- Political party
- Republican Party · 1 reference
- Education
- Princeton University (–1992) · 1 reference; Harvard Law School (–1995) · 1 reference; Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Awty International School · 1 reference; Second Baptist School · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Heidi Cruz
- Father
- Rafael Bienvenido Cruz · 1 reference
- Mother
- Eleanor Wilson Cruz · 1 reference
- Religion
- Southern Baptist Convention
- Lived in
- Houston; Calgary
- Website
- https://www.tedcruz.org/; https://www.cruz.senate.gov/
- Wikipedias with a page
- 70
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385507289
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2008 as the third solicitor general of Texas. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative, and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings. Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee since 2025.
After graduating from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts and earning a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in politics, eventually becoming a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration. In 2003, Texas attorney general Greg Abbott appointed Cruz solicitor general, a position he held until 2008.
First elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Cruz is the first Hispanic American to be a U.S. senator from Texas. He played a leading role in the 2013 federal government shutdown, unsuccessfully seeking to force Congress and President Barack Obama to defund the Affordable Care Act. Cruz was reelected in a close race in 2018 and in 2024. In 2025, he drafted and led the effort to pass the TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump. In May 2025, Cruz introduced a bill to create what later became Trump accounts.
In 2016, Cruz sought the Republican presidential nomination, emerging as a serious competitor to Trump in a primary marked by intense and often personal exchanges. Cruz initially withheld his endorsement after Trump won the nomination, but became a supporter during Trump's first term. Cruz is set to become Texas's senior senator when John Cornyn leaves office in 2027.
- Born, in its opening lines
- December 22, 1970
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