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Cruz to be Sworn in as US Senator from Texas 1/3/13
Associated Press
January 3, 2013
AUSTIN - Tea party favorite Ted Cruz will be sworn in Thursday
as the first Hispanic to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.
A Cuban-American and former state solicitor general, Cruz is more fiercely
conservative than the woman he is replacing, fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Kay
Bailey Hutchison of Dallas.
A Houston attorney and former Ivy League debating champion, Cruz was
virtually unknown when he announced his candidacy.
But he used strong grassroots support to upset Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst
during a July runoff election for the GOP senatorial nomination.
Cruz then trounced Democrat and former state Rep. Paul Sadler in November's
general election.
He could be poised to become a rising star among Capitol Hill conservatives,
especially given the retirement of tea party leader U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint of
South Carolina.