Ted Cruz

14 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2013

• Senator TX 2013–present

• background Born December 22, 1970; Canadian-born American; an attorney and member of the Republican Party
• background Graduated from Princeton University (BA) and Harvard Law School (JD); policy advisor in George W. Bush administration
• role Solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008
• achievement Junior U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013; first Hispanic American to serve as U.S. senator from Texas
• controversy Played leading role in 2013 federal government shutdown, seeking to defund the Affordable Care Act; reelected in 2018 and 2024
• role Sought Republican presidential nomination in 2016 in primary contest with Trump; chairs Senate Commerce Committee since 2025

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

• 94.7%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 890 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 130
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 262 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 1
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 130 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 100%
  Party-unity voting →

  votes with the party majority · median 100% · on 734 party-line votes

  Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

• 0%
  Cross-party voting →

  votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

  The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 17
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

• 3
  Documented relationships →

  neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

  A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Ted Cruz. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee Chairman
• Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee Chairman · oversees Health
• Aviation, Space, and Innovation Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Border Security and Immigration Subcommittee
• Constitution Subcommittee
• Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
• Foreign Relations Committee
• Judiciary Committee · oversees Technology
• Rules and Administration Committee
• Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Technology
• Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
• Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Technology
• Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee Ex Officio
• Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,652,239. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

• Finance $51,000 · 12 PACs
• Energy $31,500 · 9 PACs
• Telecom $22,000 · 4 PACs
• Health $20,000 · 4 PACs
• Defense $13,000 · 3 PACs
• Technology $9,000 · 4 PACs

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• AbortionFull support from votes
• Climate & EnergyPartial oppose from votes
• Criminal JusticeOppose from votes
• DefensePartial support from votes
• Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
• EducationPartial oppose from votes
• Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes
• HealthcarePartial support from votes
• HousingPartial support from votes
• ImmigrationOppose from votes
• Technology & PrivacyFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Cruz most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Cruz connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov