Ted Cruz — GovTally

Issue areas

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

Defense & Military 3 Civil Rights & Liberties 2 Education 2 Foreign Policy & Trade 2 Economy & Taxes 1 Labor & Employment 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
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

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and Innovation — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health	Yea	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Yea	Mar 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Yea	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State	Yea	Mar 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy	Yea	Mar 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Landau to be Deputy Secretary of State	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Phelan to be Secretary of the Navy	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 1266	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1272	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 1274	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 1273	Nay	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Feinberg to be Deputy Secretary of Defense	Yea	Mar 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act	Yea	Mar 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security	Yea	Mar 13, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security	Yea	Mar 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency	Yea	Mar 13, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Pulte to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency	Yea	Mar 13, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor	Yea	Mar 12, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor	Yea	Mar 12, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers	Yea	Mar 12, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers	Yea	Mar 12, 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 type	Contributions	Total	Share
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

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$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.