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        Republican
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/6/2012
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      • Next Election

        2018
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      • Missed Vote %

        6.70%
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      • Votes with Party

        87.60%
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    • Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz is an American politician and the junior United States Senator for the state of Texas, in office since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
      Cruz was Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to May 2008, appointed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. He was the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas, the youngest Solicitor General in the United States, and had the longest tenure in Texas history. He was formerly a partner at the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he led the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national appellate litigation practice.
      He previously served as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associ...
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Date Born

BORN

12/22/1970

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

N/A

Home City

HOME CITY

Houston, TX

Religion

Religion

  Southern Baptist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Limited Liability Partnership, 2008-present Adjunct Professor of Law, United States Court Litigation, University of Texas School of Law, 2004-2009 Solicitor General of Texas, Office of the Attorney General, 2003-2008 Director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission, 2001-2003 Associate Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 2001 Coordinator, Department of Justice, Bush-Cheney Transition Team, 2000-2001 Associate, Cooper/Carvin & Rosenthal, 1997-1999 Law Clerk, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1996-1997 Law Clerk, Judge J. Michael Luttig, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-1996

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 2012-present Domestic Policy Advisor, Bush Presidential Campaign, 1999-2000

EDUCATION

JD, Harvard Law School, 1995 AB, Public Policy, Princeton University, 1992

FAMILY

Wife: Heidi; 2 Children: Caroline and Catherine

COMMITTEES JOINED
  • Sen. Ted Cruz

    Special Committee on Aging, Member, Committee on Armed Services, Member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Member, Committee on the Judiciary, Member, Committee on Rules and Administration, Member,