Posted on 04/15/2015 12:04:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Edward "Ted" Cruz was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. He is the first Cuban-American to serve in that role for the state of Texas. Cruz announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential primary on March 23, 2015. (You can watch the video of his announcement at the bottom of the page.)
Cruz is a graduate of Harvard Law School. While in private practice, he worked on the legal team of President George W. Bush during Bush vs. Gore, the Supreme Court case that stopped the recount of disputed ballots in Florida, securing the 2000 election for Bush. Cruz then served in the U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and, in 2003, was appointed as the Solicitor General for the state of Texas.
Click through the gallery above to see photos of Cruz at New Hampshire events in the run-up to the 2016 first-in-the-nation primary. We will be updating the gallery throughout his campaign.
You can listen to Cruz talking about various issues below. Audio was gathered by NHPR reporters....
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Thanks for the TED CRUZ sound bites. They are short and to the point. I’m going to pass them on to my friends.
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We're going to form another circular firing squad.
We never seem to learn.
You forgot Huckleberry, Sweater Vest and possibly Perry & Kasich.
It was my intent to reference only those candidates who claim to be conservative . . . not the Bush-types (though you're right; I should have included Perry and Huckabee).
Santorum claims to be conservative.
It's by design.
I forgot about him. I haven't heard his name bandied about this cycle anyway.
Cruz is obviously the best available candidate. All conservatives should coalesce behind him. But instead we have these other conservatives all eager to eat each other alive and leave Bush to lose to the Democrat.
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