In 2003, when Ted Cruz was offered the job as Texas’ solicitor general under newly elected attorney general Greg Abbott, he hardly had to think it over. Neither, for that matter, did Abbott.

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Ted Cruz defended his seat in Republican-leaning ... A former attorney and Texas solicitor general, Cruz had remained popular with voters in his home state by advocating for limited government ...