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Ted Cruz
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American politician (born 1970)
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Ted Cruz, born Rafael Edward Cruz on December 22, 1970, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a politician, lawyer, and jurist. He holds citizenship in both the United States and Canada. Cruz is a member of the Republican Party and has served as a United States senator. His work location is Washington, D.C., and he resides in Houston and Calgary. He is married to Heidi Cruz and has two children.
Cruz was educated at Awty International School, Princeton University, and Harvard Law School, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor. He has also studied at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. As an author, he has published seven works, including *Unwoke*, *Tattoo for Beginners Made Simple*, *Justice Corrupted*, *A Time for Truth*, and *One Vote Away*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Unwoke
- Tattoo for Beginners Made Simple
- Justice Corrupted
- A Time for Truth
- One Vote Away
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Film & TV
Acting · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rafael Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz previously served as the Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008.
Known for
- My View with Lara Trump — Self - Guest2025
- The Tucker Carlson Show — Self - Guest2024
- Lady Ballers — Senator Ted Cruz2023
- Praying for Armageddon — Self - Texas Republican Senator2023
- Rigged: The Zuckerberg Funded Plot to Defeat Donald Trump — Self2022
- Californians Move To Texas — Himself2022
- The Problem with Jon Stewart — Self (archive footage)2021
- America, America, God Shed His Grace on Thee — Self2020
- Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2020
- The Accidental President — Self2020
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Cuba
- Active from
- 1925-10-21
- Active to
- 2003-07-16
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 175
- Total plays
- 538
Tags
Rafael Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Cruz is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. From 1999 to 2003, he served in various political appointee positions: the Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) <a href="https
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 14,657x
- Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 11,570x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,998x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation's ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true believer in government control of the economy and of our everyday lives. In my judgment, we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation, quite literally the battle over whether we remain a free market nation.”
- “Reaganomics: You start a business in your parents' garage. Obamanomics: You move into your parents' garage.”
- “If we got out of Washington, D.C., if we went to the American people and said what are your top priorities--we actually have. We don't have to hypothesize about that. The American people over and over again say jobs and the economy are their top priorities. The American people want ObamaCare stopped because it is not working, it is killing jobs, it is pushing people into part-time work. Yet this Senate has not been listening to the American people. We need to make D.C. listen.”
- “If we're going to repeal Obamacare, and I'm convinced we're going to, it's going to come from y'all. It's going to come from the people saying this thing isn't working, let's start over. And I intend -- let me just say, that '14 and '16, I think those elections should be about many, many things, they should be about freedom, they should be about jobs, they should be about growth, but they should be about repealing every bloody word of Obamacare.”
- “Instead of the joblessness, instead of the millions forced into part-time work, instead of the millions who’ve lost their health insurance, lost their doctors, have faced skyrocketing health insurance premiums, imagine in 2017 a new president signing legislation repealing every word of Obamacare.”
- “God’s blessing has been on America from the very beginning of this nation, and I believe God isn’t done with America yet. I believe in you. I believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to reignite the promise of America, and that is why today I am announcing that I’m running for president of the United States. It is a time for truth. It is a time for liberty. It is a time to reclaim the Constitution of the United States.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Cruz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Spouse
- Heidi Cruz
- Father
- Rafael Bienvenido Cruz
- Occupation
- law clerk
- Position held
- United States senator
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Southern Baptist Convention
- Academic degree
- Juris Doctor
- Official website
- www.cruz.senate.gov
- Image
- Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
- Residence
- Calgary
- Political ideology
- paleoconservatism
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- Commons category
- Ted Cruz
- date of birth
- 1970-12-22
- birth name
- Rafael Edward Cruz
- name in native language
- Ted Cruz
- handedness
- right-handedness
- topic's main category
- Category:Ted Cruz
- Commons gallery
- Ted Cruz
- Commons Creator page
- Ted Cruz
- phone number
- +1-202-224-5922
- writing language
- English language
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Climate change
- facial hair
- beard
- social media followers
- 190000
- P10632
- Ted Cruz
- hashtag
- TedCruz
- clerked for
- William Rehnquist
- political alignment
- far-right politics
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Rafael Edward Cruz (/kruːz/; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee.
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 serving as a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration. In 2003, Texas attorney general Greg Abbott appointed Cruz to serve as solicitor general, a position he held until 2008.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ted Cruz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.