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  Cruz, Ted
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationRepublican  
<-  2019-02-26  
 
NameTed Cruz
Address3333 Allen Parkway, Apt. 1906
Houston, Texas , United States
EmailNone
Website [Link]
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Born December 22, 1970 (53 years)
ContributorTX DEM
Last ModifedBrentinCO
Oct 16, 2023 10:12pm
Tags Cuban - Hispanic - Irish - Italian - Married - Southern Baptist - Straight -
InfoRafael Edward "Ted" Cruz

From 2003-08, Ted served as the Solicitor General of Texas, the chief lawyer for the State before the U.S. Supreme Court and all the state and federal appellate courts. Cruz was the youngest Solicitor General in the nation, the longest serving Solicitor General in Texas, and the first Hispanic Solicitor General in Texas.

Ted has authored over 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and personally argued 40 oral arguments, including 9 before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Under the leadership of Attorney General Greg Abbott, Ted defended Texas values, winning repeatedly on a national level. During Ted’s service as Solicitor General, Texas achieved an unprecedented series of landmark national victories, including successfully defending:

U.S. sovereignty against the World Court in Medellin v. Texas.
The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms;
The constitutionality of the Texas Ten Commandments monument;
The constitutionality of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance;
The constitutionality of Texas Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment law; and
The Texas congressional redistricting plan.

Ted has been described by National Review as “a Republican star rising in Texas,” and as “a great Reaganite hope.”

The National Law Journal called him “a key voice” to whom “the [U.S. Supreme Court] Justices listen.” He was named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America, by the National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America, and Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century.

Ted currently serves as a Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Houston, where he leads the firm’s U.S. Supreme Court and national Appellate Litigation practice. In addition, from 2004-09, he taught U.S. Supreme Court Litigation as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law.

Prior to serving as Solicitor General, Ted served as the Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and Domestic Policy Advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. In addition, Ted clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the first Hispanic ever to have clerked for the Chief Justice of the United States.

Ted has seen first-hand that America’s bedrock principle is the pursuit of freedom and opportunity. His father came to Texas from Cuba penniless at age 18, not speaking a word of English. Cruz went on to study at Princeton where, in college debate, he was named the U.S. National Speaker of the Year and the U.S. National Team of the Year (with his partner). He also won the First Place Speaker award at both the 1992 U.S. National Debating Championship and the 1992 North American Debate Championships.

He graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude and served as a Primary Editor of the Harvard Law Review, an Executive Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, and a Founding Editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review.

Ted and his wife Heidi live in Houston, where he grew up, with their three-year-old daughter, Caroline, and their newborn daughter Catherine.

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JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
02/02/2024-02/12/2024 University of Texas-Austin 48.00% ( 7.0) 39.00% ( 6.0) 14.00% ( 1.0)
12/01/2023-12/10/2023 YouGov 44.00% ( 0.0) 41.00% ( 0.0) 13.00% ( 0.0)
09/22/2022-09/26/2022 Quinnipiac University 49.00% ( 6.0) 48.00% ( 2.0) 2.00% ( 5.0)
06/16/2022-06/24/2022 University of Texas-Austin 41.00% ( 6.0) 45.00% ( 3.0) 13.00% ( 2.0)
06/09/2022-06/13/2022 Quinnipiac University 43.00% ( 8.0) 50.00% ( 5.0) 7.00% ( 3.0)
12/02/2021-12/06/2021 Quinnipiac University 51.00% ( 3.0) 45.00% ( 3.0) 4.00% ( 6.0)
08/20/2020-08/25/2020 Tyson Group (TelOpinion Research) (R) 54.45% ( 0.0) 43.00% ( 0.0) 10.00% ( 0.0)
07/16/2020-07/20/2020 Quinnipiac University 48.00% ( 3.0) 42.00% ( 0.0) 10.00% ( 3.0)
05/28/2020-06/01/2020 Quinnipiac University 45.00% ( 4.0) 42.00% ( 2.0) 13.00% ( 2.0)
09/04/2019-09/09/2019 Quinnipiac University 49.00% ( 1.0) 40.00% ( 2.0) 11.00% ( 3.0)
FAVORABILITY POLLS
DateFirmFavorableUnfavorableDon't Know
10/08/2022-10/11/2022 Civiqs 46.00% ( 1.0) 49.00% ( 2.0) 5.00% ( 3.0)
11/30/2021-12/02/2021 HarrisX 38.00% ( 0.0) 41.00% ( 0.0) 21.00% ( 0.0)
10/03/2020-10/06/2020 Civiqs 47.00% ( 0.0) 51.00% ( 0.0) 2.00% ( 0.0)
10/28/2018-10/30/2018 Emerson College 51.00% ( 0.0) 44.00% ( 0.0) 5.00% ( 0.0)
10/09/2018-10/13/2018 SSRS 52.00% ( 0.0) 42.00% ( 0.0) 6.00% ( 0.0)
10/03/2018-10/09/2018 Quinnipiac University 52.00% ( 0.0) 44.00% ( 1.0) 4.00% ( 1.0)
09/19/2018-09/20/2018 Public Policy Polling 49.00% ( 11.0) 45.00% ( 4.0) 6.00% ( 7.0)
09/16/2018-09/18/2018 Vox Populi 42.00% ( 0.0) 43.00% ( 0.0) 16.00% ( 0.0)
09/11/2018-09/17/2018 Quinnipiac University 52.00% ( 3.0) 43.00% ( 5.0) 5.00% ( 7.0)
09/06/2018-09/09/2018 Crosswind Media & Public Relations 51.00% ( 0.0) 45.00% ( 0.0) 5.00% ( 0.0)

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor
Ted Cruz to the Future - Comic Coloring Activity Book  Purchase BrentinCO 

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 16, 2020 05:15pm News How Iran Became the New Battle Line Between Conservatives and Twitter  Article WA Indy 
Mar 08, 2020 09:00pm News Sen. Ted Cruz is self-quarantining after interacting with person who tested positive for coronavirus at CPAC  Article BrentinCO 
Oct 26, 2016 07:15pm Statement Cruz: GOP may block Supreme Court nominees indefinitely  Article RP 
Apr 27, 2016 03:00pm Announcement Ted Cruz to Name Carly Fiorina as His Running Mate  Article RP 
Apr 13, 2016 05:00am Profile The Time Ted Cruz Defended a Ban on Dildos  Article RP 
Apr 04, 2016 01:10pm Speech In Madison, Cruz says Roe v. Wade should be overturned  Article RP 
Feb 26, 2016 01:00am Poll Nearly 40 Percent of Florida Voters Think Ted Cruz Might Be the Zodiac Killer  Article RP 
Feb 11, 2016 03:50pm Strategy Cruz app data collection helps campaign read minds of voters   Article RP 
Jun 02, 2015 09:10am Commentary Ted Cruz believes JFK ‘would be a Republican today’  Article RP 
Mar 24, 2015 03:30pm Interview Ted Cruz going on Obamacare  Article RP 
Sep 24, 2013 08:35pm Video Watch Ted Cruz Read Every Word of 'Green Eggs and Ham' on the Senate Floor  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Sep 23, 2013 01:00pm Profile Ted Cruz: The Distinguished Wacko Bird from Texas  Article WesternDem 
Sep 11, 2013 08:00pm Speech Cruz: ‘We Need a Hundred More Like Jesse Helms in the U.S. Senate’  Article IndyGeorgia 
Aug 20, 2013 07:00am News Cruz renouncing Canadian citizenship  Article Brandonius Maximus 
May 06, 2013 07:55am News Bill Richardson on Ted Cruz: 'I don't think he should be defined as a Hispanic'  Article Scott³ 
Mar 08, 2013 11:00am General Ted Cruz’s secret past? Stimulus funds and teacher payouts  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Nov 12, 2012 10:00am News Texas' New Senator Is Absolutely Terrified About His State Going Blue  Article DFWDem 
Aug 01, 2012 07:00pm News Why Ted Cruz’s win isn’t all good news for Senate Republicans   Article COSDem 
Jul 11, 2012 01:00pm News Ted Cruz to Pay $200 Fine for Late Report  Article TX DEM 

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FAMILY
Wife Heidi Cruz May 27, 2001-
Father Rafael Bienvenido Cruz 1939-

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/05/2024 TX US Senate ???
  08/01/2024 US Vice President - R Selection ???
  03/05/2024 TX US Senate - R Primary Won 88.31% (+82.33%)
  02/01/2023 US Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee Chair Lost 48.15% (-3.70%)
  01/03/2019 US Senate Commerce Committee Majority Members Won 12.09% (-1.10%)
  11/06/2018 TX US Senate Won 50.89% (+2.57%)
  09/06/2018 US Senate Armed Services Committee - Majority Members Won 5.49% (-8.79%)
  03/06/2018 TX US Senate - R Primary Won 85.36% (+79.25%)
  01/03/2017 US Senate Commerce Committee Majority Members Won 12.09% (-1.10%)
  01/03/2017 US Senate Armed Services Committee - Majority Members Won 4.40% (-8.79%)
  11/08/2016 US President - Popular Vote Lost 0.00% (-48.18%)
  07/19/2016 US President - R Convention Lost 19.20% (-50.53%)
  05/17/2016 OR US President - IndOR Primary Lost 7.18% (-26.12%)
  02/09/2016 US President - D Primaries Lost 0.00% (-55.23%)
  01/03/2015 US Senate Armed Services Committee - Majority Members Won 1.10% (-12.09%)
  11/06/2012 TX US Senate Won 56.46% (+15.83%)
  07/31/2012 TX US Senate - R Runoff Won 56.82% (+13.64%)
  05/29/2012 TX US Senate - R Primary Won 34.16% (+0.00%)
ENTERED, DROPPED OUT
  06/07/2016 US President - R Primaries Lost 25.06% (-19.90%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  08/11/2024 US President - R Primaries ???
  10/26/2020 Supreme Court - Associate Justice Lost 0.00% (-52.00%)
  08/11/2020 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.00% (-94.10%)
  02/14/2019 US Attorney General Lost 0.00% (-54.55%)
  02/08/2017 US Attorney General Lost 0.00% (-52.53%)
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OH US Senate - R Primary - Mar 19, 2024 R Bernie Moreno
OH US Senate - R Primary - Mar 19, 2024 R Bernie Moreno
TX US President - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Donald J. Trump
TX District 26 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Brandon Gill
TX State House 070 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Steve Kinard
TX State House 053 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Wesley W. Virdell
TX State House 080 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Don McLaughlin
TX State House 011 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Joanne Shofner
TX State House 018 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Janis Holt
TX State House 044 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Alan Schoolcraft
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TX State House 062 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Shelley Luther
TX State House 071 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Liz Case
TX State House 121 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Marc LaHood
TX State House 087 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Caroline Fairly
AL District 01 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Barry Moore
TX District 03 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Keith A. Self
TX State House 083 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Dustin Burrows
TX State House 019 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Ellen Troxclair
TX State House 029 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Alex Kamkar
TX State Board of Education 12 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Jamie Kohlmann
TX State House 002 - R Primary - Mar 05, 2024 R Brent Money
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Sep 20, 2023 NPA Reject
MS Lt. Governor - R Primary - Aug 08, 2023 R Christopher B. "Chris" McDaniel
KY Governor - R Primary - May 16, 2023 R Kelly Knight Craft
NH District 01 - R Primary - Sep 13, 2022 R Karoline Leavitt
FL District 09 - R Primary - Aug 23, 2022 R Scotty Moore
FL District 07 - R Primary - Aug 23, 2022 R Cory Mills
OK District 02 - R Runoff - Aug 23, 2022 R Josh Brecheen
NY District 01 - R Primary - Aug 23, 2022 R Michelle Bond
WY At-Large - R Primary - Aug 16, 2022 R Harriet M. Hageman
WI Governor - R Primary - Aug 09, 2022 R Rebecca Kleefisch
TN District 05 - R Primary - Aug 04, 2022 R Andy Ogles
AZ Governor - R Primary - Aug 02, 2022 R Matthew J. "Matt" Salmon
KS District 03 - R Primary - Aug 02, 2022 R Amanda Adkins
KS Attorney General - R Primary - Aug 02, 2022 R Kris Kobach
MI Governor - R Primary - Aug 02, 2022 R Tudor M. Dixon
MO US Senate - R Primary - Aug 02, 2022 R Eric Schmitt
MO District 07 - R Primary - Aug 02, 2022 R Eric Burlison
CO US Senate - R Primary - Jun 28, 2022 R Deborah Flora
CO District 04 - R Primary - Jun 28, 2022 R Ken Buck
OK US Senate - R Primary - Jun 28, 2022 R James Lankford
IL District 15 - R Primary - Jun 28, 2022 R Mary Miller
OK Superintendent of Public Instruction - R Primary - Jun 28, 2022 R Ryan Walters
VA District 07 - R Primary - Jun 21, 2022 R Yesli Vega
NV Treasurer - R Primary - Jun 14, 2022 R Michele Fiore
NV US Senate - R Primary - Jun 14, 2022 R Adam Laxalt
TX District 34 - Special Election - Jun 14, 2022 R Mayra Flores
CA District 47 - Open Primary - Jun 07, 2022 R Scott R. Baugh
IA District 03 - R Primary - Jun 07, 2022 R Nicole Hasso
AL US Senate - R Primary - May 24, 2022 R Morris J. "Mo" Brooks
TX Land Commissioner - R Runoff - May 24, 2022 R Dawn Buckingham
MN District 01 - Special R Primary - May 24, 2022 R Jeremy Munson
TX State House 122 - R Runoff - May 24, 2022 R Mark Dorazio
TX State House 060 - R Runoff - May 24, 2022 R Mike Olcott
GA US Senate - R Primary - May 24, 2022 R Herschel Walker
GA District 06 - R Primary - May 24, 2022 R Rich McCormick
ID Attorney General - R Primary - May 17, 2022 R Raúl Labrador
NC US Senate - R Primary - May 17, 2022 R Ted Budd
PA US Senate - R Primary - May 17, 2022 R David H. McCormick
OH US Senate - R Primary - May 03, 2022 R Josh Mandel
TX District 15 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Monica De La Cruz
TX District 03 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Van Taylor
TX Governor - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Greg Abbott
TX District 28 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Cassy Garcia
TX District 21 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Chip Roy
TX District 38 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Wesley Hunt
TX Land Commissioner - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Dawn Buckingham
TX State House 012 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Ben Bius
TX District 27 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Michael Cloud
TX District 08 - R Primary - Mar 01, 2022 R Christian Collins
TX District 06 - Special Runoff - Jul 27, 2021 R Susan Wright
VA Governor - R Convention - May 08, 2021 R Glenn Youngkin
US Deputy Attorney General - Apr 20, 2021 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Agriculture - Feb 23, 2021 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Feb 08, 2021 NPA Reject
US Secretary of Transportation - Feb 02, 2021 NPA Reject
US Secretary of the Treasury - Jan 25, 2021 NPA Reject
US Director of National Intelligence - Jan 20, 2021 NPA Reject
NH US Senate - R Primary - Sep 08, 2020 R William O'Brien
TX District 04 - R Replacement - Aug 08, 2020 R Pat Fallon
TN US Senate - R Primary - Aug 06, 2020 R Manny Sethi
TX District 23 - R Runoff - Jul 14, 2020 R Raul Reyes
NC District 11 - R Runoff - Jun 23, 2020 R Lynda Bennett
TX District 07 - R Primary - Mar 03, 2020 R Wesley Hunt
NH District 01 - R Primary - Sep 11, 2018 R Andy Sanborn
OK Governor - R Runoff - Aug 28, 2018 R Kevin Stitt
MI Governor - R Primary - Aug 07, 2018 R Patrick J. Colbeck
TN District 02 - R Primary - Aug 02, 2018 R Jason Emert
SC District 04 - R Runoff - Jun 26, 2018 R Lee Bright
NJ District 05 - R Primary - Jun 05, 2018 R Steve Lonegan
MT US Senate - R Primary - Jun 05, 2018 R Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.
GA Lt. Governor - R Primary - May 22, 2018 R David Shafer
GA Governor - R Primary - May 22, 2018 R Hunter Hill
ID Governor - R Primary - May 15, 2018 R Raúl Labrador
WV US Senate - R Primary - May 08, 2018 R Patrick Morrisey
OH Governor - R Primary - May 08, 2018 R Mary Taylor
TX District 21 - R Primary - Mar 06, 2018 R Chip Roy
TX District 05 - R Primary - Mar 06, 2018 R Jason Wright
TX District 02 - R Primary - Mar 06, 2018 R Kathaleen Wall
TX District 03 - R Primary - Mar 06, 2018 R Van Taylor
AZ District 08 - Special R Primary - Feb 27, 2018 R Steve Montenegro
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board - Jan 23, 2018 NPA Reject
UT District 03 - Special R Primary - Aug 15, 2017 R Christopher N. Herrod
LA US Senate - Initial Election - Nov 08, 2016 R John Fleming
FL US Senate - R Primary - Aug 30, 2016 R Marco A. Rubio
GA District 03 - R Runoff - Jul 26, 2016 R Michael R. "Mike" Crane
US Vice President - R Selection - Jul 15, 2016 R Carly Fiorina
CO US Senate - R Primary - Jun 28, 2016 R Darryl Glenn
UT Governor - R Convention - Apr 23, 2016 R Gary Herbert
IL District 18 - Special R Primary - Jul 07, 2015 R Mike Flynn
OK US Senate - Special R Primary - Jun 24, 2014 R T.W. Shannon
NE Governor - R Primary - May 13, 2014 R Pete Ricketts
US Ambassador to the United Nations - Aug 01, 2013 NPA Reject
US Secretary of State - Jan 29, 2013 NPA Reject
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