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: Robert Cekada to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives	Not voting	Apr 27, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 33 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the…	Yea	Apr 23, 2026	Concurrent Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schiff Amdt. No. 5333	Nay	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Wyden Amdt. No. 5336	Nay	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Padilla Amdt. No. 4855	Nay	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Sanders Amdt. No. 5159	Nay	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 5235	Nay	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 5378	Yea	Apr 23, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Markey Amdt. No. 5001	Nay	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hawley Amdt. No. 4794	Yea	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 5414	Yea	Apr 23, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Alsobrooks Amdt. No. 5294	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 4956	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hirono Amdt. No. 4884	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Graham Amdt. No. 5281	Yea	Apr 22, 2026	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Ossoff Amdt. No. 4897	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Lujan Amdt. No. 4798	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 4799	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 114 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Nay	Apr 22, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 33 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the…	Yea	Apr 21, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew B. Davis, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas	Yea	Apr 20, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew B. Davis to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas	Yea	Apr 16, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Yea	Apr 16, 2026	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Yea	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Yea	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Table 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.