Ted Cruz . 
Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz , Jr. -LRB- born December 22 , 1970 -RRB- is an American politician . 
-LSB- 13 -RSB- -LSB- 14 -RSB- Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party movement and has been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus . 
On November 14 , 2012 , Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee . 
-LSB- 13 -RSB- Cruz defeated former state Representative Paul Sadler in the general election on November 6 , 2012 . 
Cruz was born to Cuban parents in Calgary , Alberta , Canada . 
-LSB- 16 -RSB- Cruz has been a big opponent of Barack Obama 's healthcare reform plan known as Obamacare . 
Main page : Ted Cruz presidential campaign , 2016 . 
Cruz studied at Princeton University and at Harvard Law School . 
Cruz has been married to Heidi Suzanne Nelson . 
On February 1 , 2016 , Cruz won the first primary state of Iowa beating Donald Trump and Marco Rubio . 
Between 1999 and 2003 , Cruz was the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission , an associate deputy attorney general at the United States Department of Justice , and as domestic policy advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign . 
On April 27 , 2016 , Cruz named former GOP candidate and businesswoman Carly Fiorina as his running mate . 
On March 23 , 2015 , Cruz announced he would run for the Republican Party nomination in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election . 
On May 3 , 2016 , after loosing the Indiana primaries to Donald Trump , Cruz suspended his campaign . 
-LSB- 9 -RSB- Cruz was also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin , from 2004 to 2009 . 
Cruz is one of three Latinos in the Senate ; the others -- also Americans of Cuban ancestry -- are fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey . 
Since then , Cruz has won Alaska , Texas , and Oklahoma on "Super Tuesday" . 
Cruz was the Republican nominee for the Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison .
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz , Jr. -LRB- born December 22 , 1970 -RRB- is an American politician . 
-LSB- 13 -RSB- -LSB- 14 -RSB- Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party movement and has been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus . 
On November 14 , 2012 , Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee . 
-LSB- 13 -RSB- Cruz defeated former state Representative Paul Sadler in the general election on November 6 , 2012 . 
Cruz was born to Cuban parents in Calgary , Alberta , Canada . 
-LSB- 16 -RSB- Cruz has been a big opponent of Barack Obama 's healthcare reform plan known as Obamacare . 
Main page : [TGT] presidential campaign , 2016 . 
Cruz studied at Princeton University and at Harvard Law School . 
Cruz has been married to Heidi Suzanne Nelson . 
On February 1 , 2016 , Cruz won the first primary state of Iowa beating Donald Trump and Marco Rubio . 
Between 1999 and 2003 , Cruz was the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission , an associate deputy attorney general at the United States Department of Justice , and as domestic policy advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign . 
On April 27 , 2016 , Cruz named former GOP candidate and businesswoman Carly Fiorina as his running mate . 
On March 23 , 2015 , Cruz announced he would run for the Republican Party nomination in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election . 
On May 3 , 2016 , after loosing the Indiana primaries to Donald Trump , Cruz suspended his campaign . 
-LSB- 9 -RSB- Cruz was also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin , from 2004 to 2009 . 
Cruz is one of three Latinos in the Senate ; the others -- also Americans of Cuban ancestry -- are fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey . 
Since then , Cruz has won Alaska , Texas , and Oklahoma on "Super Tuesday" . 
Cruz was the Republican nominee for the Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison .