Politics
Illustration: Mark Marturello/The Des Moines Register
PARTY: Republican
BORN: December 22, 1970 in Calgary, Canada
Ted Cruz kisses his wife, Heidi, while greeting supporters near a polling station during his 2012 senatorial campaign in Houston, Texas, on July 31, 2012. Photograph by: Michael Stravato/The New York Times
Cruz poses for a photo with then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Deb Fischer, shortly after being elected to the Senate in Washington D.C., on November 3, 2012. Photograph by: Jonathon Ernst/The New York Times
Cruz addresses reporters on Capitol Hill following his 21-hour speech slamming Obamacare, on September 25, 2013. Photograph by: Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times
Cruz addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 6, 2014. Photograph by: Mark Peterson/Redux
Cruz takes a phone call under the painting of Ronald Regan that hangs in his office in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2014. Photograph by: Melissa Golden/Redux
Promotional materials created for Cruz’s campaign by the street artist “Sabo” sit on a table at CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 26, 2015. Photograph by: Jabin Botsford/The New York Times
Cruz at CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 26, 2015. Photograph by: Mark Peterson/Redux
Cruz follows through after shooting at a pheasant while hunting in Akron, Iowa, on October 26, 2013. Photograph by: AP Photo/Nati Harnik
Cruz speaks during a rally on the east front lawn of the Capitol on December 3, 2014. Photograph by: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Ted Cruz Does a Star Trek Impression
For his first appearance on With All Due Respect, Cruz did The Godfather. At CPAC, he boldly goes where no one has gone before.
“There were fewer declared Republicans in the faculty when we were there than Communists.”
- On the political makeup of Harvard Law School’s faculty.
“There's never been a day in this history of the world in which the climate is not changing.”
“If ever there was an issue on which we should come to our knees to God about, it is preserving marriage of one man and one woman.”
- On traditional marriage.
“I don't have a console, mostly as a time management tool, because if I had one, I would use it far too much.”
- On fighting his gamer tendencies.
Cruz can't stand avocados - they make him “physically sick.”
Cruz has memorized a mnemonic version of the Constitution.
Wife
Currently on unpaid leave from her position as a managing director at Goldman Sachs.
They met while working for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign.
Children
Caroline Cruz, Daughter
Catherine Cruz, Daughter
Parents
Eleanor Darragh, Mother
Rafael Cruz, Father
