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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: James D. Maxwell II, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi Yea Dec 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James D. Maxwell II to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi Yea Dec 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William J. Crain, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Yea Dec 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William J. Crain to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Yea Dec 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert P. Chamberlin, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi Yea Dec 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert P. Chamberlain to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi Yea Dec 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina Yea Dec 4, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 520 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Not voting Dec 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Dec 4, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina Yea Dec 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 91 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Not voting Dec 3, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew E. Orso, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina Yea Dec 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew E. Orso to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina Yea Dec 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lindsey Ann Freeman, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina Not voting Dec 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lindsey Ann Freeman to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina Yea Dec 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David A. Bragdon, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina Yea Dec 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David A. Bragdon to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina Yea Dec 1, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Nov 20, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 76 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Nov 19, 2025 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 89 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Nov 19, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ho Nieh, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Nov 19, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ho Nieh to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Nov 18, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3937 Yea Nov 10, 2025 Amendment 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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