Ted Cruz, 45, of Houston, began his presidential campaign on March 23. He served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of former president George W. Bush and as U.S. senator from 2012-present. He disagrees that abortion is a women’s unrestricted right, agrees to absolute right to gun ownership, disagrees that marijuana is a gateway drug, disagrees on higher taxes on the wealthy and disagrees with avoiding foreign entanglements.