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Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator (Class 1), TX

Republican Texas since Jan 3, 2025

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Issue areas

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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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Not voting Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion 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 Jul 23, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed 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 Jul 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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 Jul 22, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Not voting Jul 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Yea Jul 17, 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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