Ted Cruz serves as a U.S. Senator from Texas, a position he has held since January 2013. Before his Senate service, he served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, where he represented the state before the U.S. Supreme Court. He sits on multiple Senate committees including Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Foreign Relations; Judiciary; and Rules and Administration. His committee work spans various subcommittees covering issues from space and science to immigration and border safety.

Name

Ted Cruz

Party

Republican

State

Texas

Committees

Space and Science, Foreign Relations Committee, Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee

Key Fact 1

Ted Cruz was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and re-elected in 2018 and 2024.

Key Fact 2

He served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008, arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Key Fact 3

Cruz was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

Key Fact 4

He serves on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee with assignments to subcommittees on aviation, communications, and consumer protection.

Key Fact 5

His Foreign Relations Committee assignments include subcommittees on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere.

Key Fact 6

On the Judiciary Committee, he serves on subcommittees addressing immigration, criminal justice, and federal courts.

Key Fact 7

Cruz graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

Key Fact 8

He clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court following law school.

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