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
Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense	Yea	Jan 24, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense	Yea	Jan 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Yea	Jan 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Yea	Jan 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act	Yea	Jan 22, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense	Yea	Jan 21, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session	Yea	Jan 21, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State	Yea	Jan 20, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Yea	Jan 20, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended	Yea	Jan 20, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Yea	Jan 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 23	Nay	Jan 15, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Cornyn Amdt. No. 14	Yea	Jan 15, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Yea	Jan 13, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act	Yea	Jan 9, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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.