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Cruz's father, Rafael, was born and raised in Cuba, the son of a Canary Islander who immigrated to Cuba as a child. [13] As a teenager in the 1950s, Rafael Cruz was beaten by agents of Fulgencio Batista for opposing the Batista regime. [ 14 ]
Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, the youngest child of a Cuban immigrant. He got into politics working on George W. Bush's presidential campaign in 2000 then, despite longshot odds, became ...
Hispanic or Latino ancestry Party State Term start Term end Notes Dominique Bouligny ... Ted Cruz (born 1970) Cuban [14] [15] Republican: Texas: Jan 3, 2013: Incumbent
Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first Republican to hop into the 2016 race when he announced his candidacy on Twitter Monday.
Murdered, assaulted, raped by illegal immigrants that the Democrats have released,” said Cuban-American Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, who lost against Trump in the 2016 GOP primary.
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz(born December 22, 1970) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. Elected in 2012 as a Republican, he is the first Hispanic or Cuban American to serve as a U.S. Senator from Texas. He is the chairman of the subcommittee on the Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, U.S. Senate Judiciary ...
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (former U.S. Congresswoman from Florida; first Cuban-American woman in Congress) Larry Rubin (Mexican-American, president and chairman of The American Society of Mexico, chairman of Republicans Abroad in Mexico; Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio (former Miami Dolphins cheerleader, active in Republican political action committees)
The conclusion of the six March 15 contests (out of which Rubio won none) left Rubio with 169 delegates on the race to reach 1237, but Ted Cruz already had 411 and Trump 673. [ 193 ] [ 202 ] On March 17, Rubio ruled out runs for the vice-presidency, governorship of Florida and even reelection for his senate seat.