Ted Cruz

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Ted Cruz

U.S. Senator · Texas · R

Senator (Texas), U.S. Senate

Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2012–2026 cycles

$174,004,151 raised

Listed in the leaked Dialog roster. Appearing on that roster is not proof of active participation or wrongdoing — read “member” as “appears in the leaked Dialog directory,” nothing more. What this means ↗
Influence graph
Individual 85%
PAC 3%
Other

Where the $174,004,151 raised came from · FEC · 2012–2026 cycle

$174,004,151
Raised
FEC receipts · 2012–2026 cycle
$4,758,799
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2012–2026 cycles
$40,171,526
Given to party / committees
FEC · transfers & contributions
$48,973,702
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 86 sources
$2,503,579
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 5 edges

Verify at FEC.gov ↗

Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top employers · donor money

  • HOMEMAKER$480,953
  • ENTREPRENEUR$372,684
  • RDV CORPORATION$39,600
  • SELF$37,863
  • UNEMPLOYED$34,005
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES$27,003
  • BOEING$21,226
  • RETRIED$15,627
  • THE BOEING COMPANY$15,496
  • REPUBLIC CLOTHING GROUP$15,000

Committee assignments · 11

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationChairman
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health PolicyChairman
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal RightsChairman
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and Counterterrorism
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 124

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • S. 4902PROTECT Act· Commerce
  • S. 4894A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to evaluate the safety, quality, and qualification pathways of printable energetic feedstocks for controlled additive manufacturing applications.· Armed Forces and National Security
  • S. 4863Save Our Shrimpers Act· Foreign Trade and International Finance
  • S. 4783COMPASS Act· Armed Forces and National Security
  • S. 4749JAWBONE Act· Science, Technology, Communications

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 111 total

People18
Organizations16
PACs / committees77

Connections · explore all 111

Every sourced counterparty, one row each (edges to the same party are merged and show the largest documented amount). Search, filter by type or direction, and sort. Money figures are FEC-sourced where marked.

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Spent against them · $2,503,579

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

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