10 Things You Did n't Know About Ted Cruz .
Ted Cruz
After the election , the campaign deployed Cruz to Florida to assist with the recount . 
Cruz , the junior senator from Texas , ran for president in 2016 . 
Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , speaks after President Donald Trump at the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum , Friday , April 28 , 2017 , in Atlanta . 
Cruz was raised Baptist , graduating as valedictorian from Houston 's Second Baptist School . 
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz was born Dec. 22 , 1970 , in Calgary , Alberta , in Canada . 
Heidi worked for the Treasury Department 's Latin American desk and then was a vice president at Goldman Sachs , but resigned when Cruz launched his bid for the presidency in 2015 . 
Cruz 's political career got off to a rocky start . 
He resigned in 2008 and campaigned to succeed Abbott , who ultimately decided to run again , temporarily ending Cruz 's ambitions . 
Cruz took a private practice job as an attorney in downtown Houston , representing corporate clients . 
As a candidate for Senate in 2012 , Cruz became one of the faces of the tea party movement , beating out an establishment favorite , Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst , for the Republican nomination . 
Despite his family 's immigrant past , Cruz favors stricter immigration standards , including militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border , and opposed the DREAM Act . 
Cruz married Heidi Nelson , whom he met working on the Bush campaign , in 2001 . 
Cruz ran for president in 2016 , before even finishing his first term as in the Senate . 
Once Bush took office , Cruz worked at the Justice Department as an associate deputy attorney general in 2001 , but he had developed a reputation as "abrasive" during the campaign and ended up moving to the "unglamorous" position as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission in 2002 , a job Cruz saw as "penance" for rubbing people the wrong way on the campaign .
After the election , the campaign deployed [TGT] to Florida to assist with the recount . 
Cruz , the junior senator from Texas , ran for president in 2016 . 
Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , speaks after President Donald Trump at the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum , Friday , April 28 , 2017 , in Atlanta . 
[TGT] was raised Baptist , graduating as valedictorian from Houston 's Second Baptist School . 
[TGT] was born Dec. 22 , 1970 , in Calgary , Alberta , in Canada . 
Heidi worked for the Treasury Department 's Latin American desk and then was a vice president at Goldman Sachs , but resigned when [TGT] launched his bid for the presidency in 2015 . 
[TGT] 's political career got off to a rocky start . 
He resigned in 2008 and campaigned to succeed Abbott , who ultimately decided to run again , temporarily ending [TGT] 's ambitions . 
[TGT] took a private practice job as an attorney in downtown Houston , representing corporate clients . 
As a candidate for Senate in 2012 , [TGT] became one of the faces of the tea party movement , beating out an establishment favorite , Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst , for the Republican nomination . 
Despite his family 's immigrant past , [TGT] favors stricter immigration standards , including militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border , and opposed the DREAM Act . 
[TGT] married Heidi Nelson , whom he met working on the Bush campaign , in 2001 . 
[TGT] ran for president in 2016 , before even finishing his first term as in the Senate . 
Once Bush took office , [TGT] worked at the Justice Department as an associate deputy attorney general in 2001 , but [TGT] had developed a reputation as "abrasive" during the campaign and ended up moving to the "unglamorous" position as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission in 2002 , a job [TGT] saw as "penance" for rubbing people the wrong way on the campaign .