Ted Cruz
U.S. Senate - Republican
(This biography excerpted from candidate website)
In January 2011, Ted Cruz filed to run for U.S. Senate based on his proven record of fighting for conservative principles and winning on a national level. He is running for the Senate to stand up and fight to defend liberty, preserve the Constitution, and stop federal overreach.
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 39 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court—the most of any lawyer in Texas. 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 and his wife Heidi live in Houston, where he grew up, with their two-year-old daughter, Caroline, and their newborn daughter Catherine.
