Ted Cruz's file:
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Republican from Texas

Ted Cruz is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.

Recent statements involving Ted Cruz

David Dewhurst "has never once cut one penny from the state budget."

Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.

Says opponent Ted Cruz has not led businesses.

"Did you know ObamaCare will cost nearly twice as much as initially expected -- $1.8 TRILLION?"

Says Ted Cruz slurred Republican senators including John Cornyn as "graybeards" and "spineless jellyfish."

Recent stories featuring Ted Cruz

Craig James, fellow Republicans in U.S. Senate race deplore Obama's leadership:

Republicans seeking a Texas U.S. Senate seat have questioned Obama's leadership -- with Craig James recently saying the president seeks to ban U.S. firearms. That claim is smoky.

Leppert on the mark about Cruz's background:

Tom Leppert said in debate that Ted Cruz hasn't led businesses. That holds up.

U.S. Senate debate: 'Facts are stubborn things':

Several Republicans vying for a shot at succeeding Kay Bailey Hutchison clashed over their respective records in tonight's debate. Even before they tangled, one hopeful re-floated a claim about another that we've checked before.

Has cost of 2010 federal health care law doubled?:

U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz tweeted a claim racing through Republican circles: that new projections show the 2010 federal health care law’s cost has doubled. False, says the Truth-O-Meter.

Ted Cruz re-defends a flamed claim:

In an email blast and blog post, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Ted Cruz of Texas takes issue with our recent flame-kissed rating of his ridiculous claim that an opponent has a record of promoting an income tax.

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