Opinion : Ted Cruz , reluctant Latino trailblazer . 
Ted Cruz
Beyond their considerable personal skills as politicians and candidates , Cruz and Rubio have benefited from the anti-establishment revolution that has swept through the Republican Party . 
Republican presidential candidate , Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , greets supporters during a caucus night rally , Monday , Feb. 1 , 2016 , in Des Moines , Iowa . 
Cruz sealed a victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses , winning on the strength of his relentless campaigning and support from his party &#39; s diehard conservatives . 
Republican presidential candidate , Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , greets supporters during a caucus night rally , Monday , Feb. 1 , 2016 , in Des Moines , Iowa . 
Cruz sealed a victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses , winning on the strength of his relentless campaigning and support from his party 's diehard conservatives . 
If and when that happens , regardless of the political and ideological differences of their positions , they will be following in the footsteps of Ted Cruz . 
Ted Cruz has made Latino history . 
The irony of Cruz 's Latino milestone is , of course , that he does not think of himself as Latino . 
By coming in a close third , and by dint of being the last establishment friendly Republican standing , Senator Marco Rubio of Texas , has also placed himself in the position of being able to win primaries further down the line , and join Cruz as a Hispanic trailblazer . 
Unlike Cruz , Rubio does identify himself as Hispanic , and as a proud heir to the great American immigrant dream . 
Cruz , and Rubio too , have come further than any Latino politician has before them . 
Previous to Senator Cruz , the Hispanic politician who had gone the furthest in Iowa had been Bill Richardson , former Democratic Governor of New Mexico . 
The fact that Cruz , Hispanic trailblazer , is a Republican is yet another of the surprising aspects of the current electoral season .
Beyond their considerable personal skills as politicians and candidates , [TGT] and Rubio have benefited from the anti-establishment revolution that has swept through the Republican Party . 
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[TGT][TGT] sealed a victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses , winning on the strength of [TGT] relentless campaigning and support from [TGT] party 's diehard conservatives . 
If and when that happens , regardless of the political and ideological differences of their positions , they will be following in the footsteps of [TGT] . 
[TGT] has made Latino history . 
The irony of [TGT] 's Latino milestone is , of course , that [TGT] does not think of [TGT] as Latino . 
By coming in a close third , and by dint of being the last establishment friendly Republican standing , Senator Marco Rubio of Texas , has also placed [TGT] in the position of being able to win primaries further down the line , and join [TGT] as a Hispanic trailblazer . 
Unlike [TGT] , Rubio does identify himself as Hispanic , and as a proud heir to the great American immigrant dream . 
[TGT] , and Rubio too , have come further than any Latino politician has before them . 
Previous to Senator Cruz , the Hispanic politician who had gone the furthest in Iowa had been Bill Richardson , former Democratic Governor of New Mexico . 
The fact that Cruz , Hispanic trailblazer , is a Republican is yet another of the surprising aspects of the current electoral season .