Title: Guide to 2016 Campaign: Ted Cruz

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/cruz.mp3' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Guide to 2016 Campaign: Ted Cruz' data-article-id='658'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='3537'>Ted Cruz is a senator from Texas. </span> <span data-start-time='3537' data-end-time='11134'>He won his senate seat in 2012 by beating the favored Republican candidate.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='11134' data-end-time='17914'>He was the first of the major party candidates to announce his run for the White House. </span> <span data-start-time='17914' data-end-time='26304'>He did so at Virginia’s Liberty University, a conservative Christian university.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='26304' data-end-time='30567'>He is strongly conservative on the issues. </span> <span data-start-time='30567' data-end-time='40522'>Mr. Cruz appeals to voters for his outspoken ideas and his willingness to go against his own party. </span> <span data-start-time='40522' data-end-time='50930'>But going against his party can also hurt him because he might not get the support of mainstreamRepublicans.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='50930' data-end-time='63832'>Mr. Cruz says two of his main goals are to end President Obama’s national health care plan and to close the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). </span> <span data-start-time='63832' data-end-time='73265'>The IRS is responsible for taxing Americans based on their incomes and many other considerations. </span> <span data-start-time='73265' data-end-time='79388'>Mr. Cruz supports taxing all Americans the same rate.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='79388' data-end-time='84580'>He announced his candidacy on March 23, 2015.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/cruz_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3500 data-hint-location='30567' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/what_does_outspoken_mean.m4a'>What does outspoken mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='speaking one's mind'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/average_size.m4a'><span>average size</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/speaking_ones_mind.m4a'><span>speaking one's mind</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/an_expert.m4a'><span>an expert</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/the_main_idea.m4a'><span>the main idea</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3501 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/where_is_cruz_from.m4a'>Where is Cruz from?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Texas'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/maryland.m4a'><span>Maryland</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/new_jersey.m4a'><span>New Jersey</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/texas.m4a'><span>Texas</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/new_york.m4a'><span>New York</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3502 data-hint-location='26304' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/cruz_is_strongly__blank__on_the_issues.m4a'>Cruz is strongly <span class='blank'>conservative</span> on the issues.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='conservative'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/conservative.m4a'><span>conservative</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/liberal.m4a'><span>liberal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/democratic.m4a'><span>democratic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/338/uptight.m4a'><span>uptight</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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Ted Cruz is a senator from Texas. He won his senate seat in 2012 by beating the favored Republican candidate.

He was the first of the major party candidates to announce his run for the White House. He did so at Virginia’s Liberty University, a conservative Christian university.

He is strongly conservative on the issues. Mr. Cruz appeals to voters for his outspoken ideas and his willingness to go against his own party. But going against his party can also hurt him because he might not get the support of mainstreamRepublicans.

Mr. Cruz says two of his main goals are to end President Obama’s national health care plan and to close the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS is responsible for taxing Americans based on their incomes and many other considerations. Mr. Cruz supports taxing all Americans the same rate.

He announced his candidacy on March 23, 2015.

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