Before Rise as Outsider, Ted Cruz Played Inside Role in 2000 Recount

Before the Rise as Outsider, Ted Cruz Played Inside Role in 2000 Recount

In late November 2000, with senior aides to George W. Bush holed up in Tallahassee, Fla., navigating the thickets of election law, a 29-year-old domestic policy adviser named Ted Cruz was given a humbling task: Walk a stack of papers to Federal District Court.

A top lawyer for Mr. Bush’s campaign grabbed Mr. Cruz by the shirt, pulled his face close and instructed him not to screw up.

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