Supreme Court, and has won an unprecedented series of landmark national victories including defending U.S. Supreme Court briefs and argued 43 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Ted has been a tireless fighter for liberty his entire life because his family knows what it is like to lose it.Īs Solicitor General for the State of Texas and in private practice, Ted authored more than 80 U.S. If we lose our freedom here, where do we go?” “When we faced oppression in Cuba, I had a place to flee to. Growing up, his father would often say to him: Today, Ted’s father is a pastor in Dallas. He then started a small business in the oil and gas industry. She became the first in her family to go to college, graduated from Rice University with a degree in mathematics, and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s.Īfter being tortured and imprisoned in Cuba, Ted’s father, Rafael, fled to the United States to attend the University of Texas at Austin in 1957.
Ted’s mother, Eleanor, was born in Delaware to an Irish and Italian working-class family.
Ted’s calling to public service has been inspired by his first-hand observation of the pursuit of freedom and opportunity in America. Throughout his entire life, Ted Cruz has proven to be a passionate and effective fighter for limited government, economic growth, and the Constitution.
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