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Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator (Class 1), TX

Republican Texas since Jan 3, 2025

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 1), TX current
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2031 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), TX
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Texas
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), TX
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Texas
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.783, social dim. -0.185. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Confirmation: Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jason Reding Quinones to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Burch to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Puzder to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union with the rank of… Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Kent, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Mullin Amdt. No. 3412 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3411, as amended Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Johnson Amdt. No. 3428 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414 Yea Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3466 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3115 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murphy Amdt. No. 3447 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114 Nay Aug 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luigi Rinaldi to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental… Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Nesvik, of Wyoming, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration Yea Aug 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Nesvik to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Yea Aug 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Kent to be Under Secretary of Education Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Woll to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Yea Jul 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,500 recorded contributions totalling $68,836,988. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 1459 of 1500 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 395 $44,831,487 65%
Super PAC 540 $16,154,404 23%
Party 39 $5,021,190 7%
Big donor 485 $2,666,793 4%
Unclassified 41 $163,113 0%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$3,875,299 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Oct 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$2,971,803 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Oct 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$2,765,309 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Oct 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,824,139 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,490,354 TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC Super PAC Oct 18, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,490,354 TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC Super PAC Oct 18, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,445,792 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,347,692 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 24, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,226,193 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Oct 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,192,842 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Oct 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,167,294 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,039,808 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Oct 8, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,038,714 WINRED TED CRUZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$1,000,000 WINSENATE Super PAC Oct 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$1,000,000 WINSENATE Super PAC Nov 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (9 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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