A Democrat, Cruce won a special election to fill the vacancy caused by Sarah McBride's resignation to join the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cruce graduated from James Madison University with a bachelor of arts in international affairs and from Delaware Law School with a Juris Doctor.
[2] He previously worked as deputy secretary of the Delaware Department of Education and as assistant superintendent at the Christina School District.
[3] Cruce clerked for Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan and also worked as an associate general counsel for the Corporation Service Company.
[3] Cruce won the special election, defeating Republican candidate Steven Washington and nonpartisan Riley Figliola.