AKA Rafael Edward Cruz

Born: 22-Dec-1970
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic [1]
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Attorney
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Texas

2012 Republican Tea Party nominee for US Senate, Kay Bailey Hutchison's seat, having defeated establishment candidate David Dewhurst in the primary.

His father, Rafael Cruz, became a naturalized US citizen in 2005.

On 6 January 2012, took a bold stand against all compromise: "I don't think what Washington needs is more compromise, I think what Washington needs is more common sense and more principle."[2]

[2] Fox News Sunday, 6 January 2012.

Father: Rafael Cruz
Mother: Eleanor Darragh
Wife: Heidi Suzanne Nelson (two daughters)
Daughter: Caroline Camille
Daughter: Catherine Christiane

    High School: Faith West Academy, Katy, TX
    High School: Second Baptist High School, Houston, TX
    University: BA, Princeton University (1992)
    Law School: JD, Harvard Law School (1995)
    Professor: Adjunct, University of Texas School of Law (2004-09)

    US Senator, Texas (3-Jan-2012 to present)
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius Partner (2008-11)
    Texas State Official Solicitor General (2003-08)
    US Federal Trade Commission Dir., Office of Policy Planning (2001-03)
    US Justice Department Associate Deputy AG
    Law Clerk to William Rehnquist, US Supreme Court (1996)
    Law Clerk to J. Michael Luttig, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (1995)
    Cuban Ancestry Paternal

Official Website:
http://www.tedcruz.org/

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