Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ted Cruz

Official portrait of Ted Cruz
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Texas (class 1)
Party
Republican
Born
1970
In Congress
Senate since 2013 · 13 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031
FEC filing name
CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
Next election
2030
Map of Texas with the whole state highlighted

Texas

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · TexasIncumbentNot up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2030

FEC candidate ID S2TX00312 · Principal campaign committee: TED CRUZ FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Texas$12,422,145.10Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2030
2023–2024U.S. Senate · Texas$74,050,030.94Won the general election (53.05%)
Total raised$12,422,145.10
Total spent$10,969,205.30
Cash on hand$3,239,647.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $10,285,590.21PACs and other committees: $538,050.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,535,831.38Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $62,673.51
  • Individual contributions$10,285,590.2183%
  • PACs and other committees$538,050.004%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,535,831.3812%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$62,673.511%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$7,864,475.5271%
  • Contributions over $200$3,223,284.0429%
  • Itemized from inside Texas$2,309,338.2837%
  • Itemized from other states$3,956,887.2563%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $618,129.39 · Florida $513,214.64 · Virginia $307,815.19 · New York $271,501.10 · District of Columbia $143,761.64. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$3.2M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,564,309.30APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,920,138.85JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,748,124.62JULY QUARTERLY: spent $928,542.50OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,514,565.11OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,294,498.03YEAR-END: raised $1,615,447.27YEAR-END: spent $1,618,908.40APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,823,935.10APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,706,991.24JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,961,898.18JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,581,103.07OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $2,193,865.52OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,919,023.212025-032025-092026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving915
Voted yea640
Voted nay228
Did not vote47 of 915
Bills and resolutions sponsored133
Sponsored that became law4
Cosponsored279

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from January 9, 2025 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination ConfirmedYea
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Cloture Motion Agreed toYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to
Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Amendment RejectedNay

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S. 5550 529 Retirement Enhancement Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • S. 5514 Responsible Cormorant Management and Control Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  • S. 5369 Restoring Electoral Fairness and Opposition Rights through Mandates for Accountability Act of 2026
    Introduced Aug 7, 2026 · Latest action Aug 7, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • S. 5289 Right to Worship Act
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • S.Res. 829 A resolution reaffirming the policy of the United States to support a peaceful democratic transition in Venezuela through free and fair elections.
    Introduced Aug 4, 2026 · Latest action Aug 4, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4436)
  • S. 5188 Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • S. 5158 Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 29, 2026 · Latest action Jul 29, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • S. 5130 Human Dignity and Emerging Technologies Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • S. 5110 Improving America's Literacy Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 4902 PROTECT Act
    Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

133 committees reported giving $548,115.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Rafael Edward Ted Cruz$89,116.89
  • Independent expenditures opposing Rafael Edward Ted Cruz$8,318.61

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: TED CRUZ FOR SENATE.
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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