![]() ![]() On November 14, 2012, Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. ![]() Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party movement and has been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus. Cruz defeated former state Representative Paul Sadler in the general election on November 6, 2012. On July 31, 2012, he defeated Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst in the Republican primary runoff, 57%–43%. senator (2013-present) Ĭruz was the Republican nominee for the Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison. Cruz is one of three Latinos in the Senate the others-also Americans of Cuban ancestry-are fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Cruz was also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, from 2004 to 2009. He was the first Hispanic, the younger and the longest-serving solicitor general in Texas history. He served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, after being appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Cruz studied at Princeton University and at Harvard Law School.īetween 19, Cruz was the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an associate deputy attorney general at the United States Department of Justice, and as domestic policy advisor to U.S. He was raised in Wilmington, Delaware and in Houston, Texas. Rafael Cruz would later be against Castro after he became a dictator himself. His father, Rafael Cruz, was born in Cuba and had been fighting against dictator Fulgencio Batista alongside Fidel Castro. His parents, who worked in the oil business at the time, were in Calgary on business. He ran for President as a Republican in 2016.Ĭruz was born to a Cuban Father, Rafael Cruz, and American mother, Eleanor Darragh, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ![]() He is the first person of Cuban or Latino descent to hold the office. (born December 22, 1970) is the junior United States Senator from the state of Texas. Harvard University ( J.D.) (1995) ( magna cum laude) Princeton University (A.B.) (1992) ( cum laude) ![]()
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