When Cruz graduated from Harvard, he worked in various positions as both a legal advisor to politicians as well as the Solicitor General for the state of Texas. Senator Ted Cruz is estimated to have a net worth of between $3 and $4 million.
He is 5’9″ in height and weighs 176 pounds. The Cruz family maintains a home in River Oaks, Texas. Heidi has also worked as an investment banker in New York City. She has worked for Condoleeza Rice when she was on Bush 43’s Cabinet. Cruz met Heidi when he was working on the 2000 presidential campaign supporting then-candidate George W. Together, the pair have two daughters, Catherine and Caroline. On May 27, 2001, Ted Cruz married Heidi Nelson.
One of his former professors, Alan Dershowitz has said of Cruz that the young man was “off-the-charts brilliant.” Cruz would also found a new publication, the Harvard Latino Law Review. He graduated from this school magna cum laude while earning a Juris Doctor distinction.ĭuring his time at Harvard, Cruz was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and he was an executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.
This thesis was titled Clipping the Wings of Angels: The History and Theory Behind the Ninth and Tenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.Ĭruz would attend the Harvard School of Law between 19. In fact, one of Princeton’s novice debate championships is named after Ted Cruz.Ĭruz is known for his one hundred fifteen-page senior thesis written in order to complete his studies at Princeton. In 1992, he was named National Speaker of the Year, and he would continue debating while studying at Harvard Law School. He was a talented speaker at two different national debating championships. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy. In 1992, Cruz graduated with cum laude honors from Princeton University. He would later graduate from the private school, the Second Baptist H.S. He attended a public school for a number of years, Awty International. Ted Cruz attended school in Houston, Texas. Ted’s mother has remarried and her last name is now Wilson.Ĭruz has two half-sisters as a result of his father’s marriage prior to marrying Ted’s mother.Ĭruz first began using the moniker “Ted” when he was thirteen. Cruz would reconcile and eventually move the family to Houston. In 1974, when Cruz was only four, his father moved back to Texas. Once he was given a visa to attend school in the United States, the elder Cruz never went back to Cuba.Ĭruz’ parents both worked in the oil and gas industry in Calgary and the Cruz family only lived in Canada for three years. Cruz’ father relates that he was beaten by the agents of Fulgencio Batista as Cruz opposed the dictator’s regime. Cruz had renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2013, three years prior to his run for the Oval Office.Ĭruz’ mother can trace her lineage as both Irish and Italian, but Cruz’ father’s story resonates heavily with many of the junior Senator’s constituents. It is important to know these facts about Cruz’ parents as many would question Cruz’ eligibility to run for president in the 2016 presidential race.Įventually, a judge would rule that since Cruz’ mother was a citizen and his father had become a citizen of the country that Cruz was indeed an American. Cruz’ father was granted political asylum in the United States, but he would earn Canadian citizenship in 1973, then become a naturalized citizen of the United States in 2005. Ted’s mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware while his father was born in Cuba and immigrated to America for an education. to parents Rafael and Eleanor Darragh Cruz. Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz was born on Decemat the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Celebrated Name:īachelor of Arts, Public Policy Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School Cruz has spent most of his life in politics he clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Scalia and was the Solicitor General for the state of Texas before his initial run for political office. Cruz became one of Trump’s most ardent supporters, although the two had sparred regularly during the primaries. He would later throw his support behind the eventual candidate, Donald Trump. Cruz has been the junior Senator from Texas since 2013, and he ran in the 2016 Presidential election however, he left the race after disappointing poll numbers. He currently represents Texas as one of its Senators. Ted Cruz is an attorney and a politician.
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