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My Take
Whatever you think of his politics, Ted Cruz is a fascinating study in sheer persistence. Born in Alberta, Canada, and educated at Princeton, he built his reputation as Texas solicitor general arguing repeatedly before the Supreme Court — a lawyer's lawyer before he was ever a senator. What interests me as an editor is his durability: he has absorbed political defeats and relentless criticism, yet keeps returning to the center of national debates. His debate-team instincts, meticulous preparation, and appetite for confrontation make him one of the most distinctive operators in the Senate. Agree or disagree, he is never an incidental figure in any room he enters.
Overview
Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ted Cruz
- Name (Japanese)
- テッド・クルーズ
- Reading
- てっど・くるーず
- Born
- December 22, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Dog
- Origin
- Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / lawyer / law clerk / jurist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Princeton University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.