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Video: Cruz the Candidate, Then and Now

Ted Cruz, the United States senator-turned-presidential hopeful, was a virtual unknown four short years ago. We look back at the Tea Party darling’s first and only other declared candidacy and what’s at play this time around.

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Credit: Matt McClain, The Washington Post

Ted Cruz, the United States senator-turned-presidential hopeful, was a virtual unknown four short years ago. We look back at the Tea Party darling’s first and only other declared candidacy and what’s at play this time around.

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