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Federal court records list R. Ted Cruz as one of the lawyers representing the Chinese firm.

So he did use his birth name a bit more as an attorney than as a Presidential candidate ... interesting. I wonder what changed.

So he did use his birth name a bit more as an attorney than as a Presidential candidate ... interesting. I wonder what changed.

Among former presidential candidates:

James Earl Carter had to be listed as such on the South Carolina ballot by law, but in the rest of the country he was placed as "Jimmy".
James D. Quayle wnt by his middle name "Dan", but not on his driver's license.
Edward M. Kennedy went by Ted, and his brother John F. was often referred to as Jack or Jackie.
Hercules R. Perot was rarely referred to by his birth name, a bit much to live up to.
Of course, Gerald R. Ford was born Leslie King, but his name was changed legally, so we won't count that one.
If Donald Trump's grandfather didn't change his name from Drumpf, I doubt "the Donald" would have the same cachet.
Hillary Rodham Clinton plays Three Card Monte with her name.

Who can forget John Ellis Bush or Willard Mitt Romney?

People use nicknames, names that fit on bumper stickers, Anglicized names. We Americans are usually okay with adapting first/middle names. The only fellow who was seriously dinged for it was Gary Hart, who took flak for changing his LAST name from "Hartpence". That change seemed a bit disloyal or fake in a pol of his era. Now, I don't know.