Ted Cruz
RSen. TX · U.S. Senate · 3 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Cruz sits more conservative than 93% of the Senate and more liberal than 6%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Cruzsays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL PACCorporate$15K
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PACLabor$10K
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PACCorporate$10K
- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DINO PAC)Corporate$10K
- PERATON CORP. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. 'PERATON PAC')Corporate$10K
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- PARSONS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- COUPANG, INC. COMPANY PAC (COUPAC)Corporate$10K
- Corporate64%
- Trade16%
- Other / unclassified13%
- Membership3%
- Labor3%
- Cooperative1%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Energy & utilities$34K
- Technology$27K
- Defense & aerospace$20K
- Airlines & aviation$18K
- Telecom & media$17K
- Automotive$14K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 65% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleCruz's campaign has spent $9.1M across 1,531 reported disbursements.
- Other$1.9M 21%
- Advertising & media$1.8M 20%
- Consulting & research$1.8M 19%
- Payroll & admin$1.7M 18%
- Events & fundraising$998K 11%
- Travel & lodging$971K 11%
- ROCKWELL SOLUTIONS$1.3M
- DIRECT RESPONSE LLC$940K
- WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC$852K
- BB&T BANK CARD$767K
- FUNDRAISING INC$620K
- THE PROSPER GROUP$602K
- FUNDRAISING INCKANSAS CITY, MO$101K
- MONTAGE NORTH AMERICA LLCHEALDSBURG, CA$54K
- SWIFT EVENTS LLCHOUSTON, TX$18K
- HOTEL WASHINGTONWASHINGTON, DC$3K
- F&BTAINMENTHANOVER, PA$2K
- CONSERVATIVE PARTNERSHIP CAMPUS INCWASHINGTON, DC$1K
- AIPACWASHINGTON, DC$750
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Texas · age 56 · from Foothills Medical Centre.
Rafael Edward Cruz 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.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
Senators disclose their trades through the Senate's system. See Cruz's filings:
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationChairman
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this Senate seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Colin AllredDemocratChallenger
Colin Zachary Allred is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, and former professional football player who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 32nd congressional district from 2019 to 2025. The district included the northeastern corner of Dallas as well as many of its northeastern suburbs. (Wikipedia ↗)
$94.7Mraised ↗ - Roland GutierrezDemocratChallenger$1.4Mraised ↗
- Carl Oscar Sherman Sr.DemocratChallenger$179Kraised ↗
- Thierry TchenkoDemocratChallenger$143Kraised ↗
- John Benard Love IIIDemocratChallenger$135Kraised ↗
- Steve KeoughDemocratChallenger$29Kraised ↗
- Tracy Andrus Sr.DemocratChallenger$18Kraised ↗
- Meri Lizet GomezDemocratChallenger$17Kraised ↗
+ 15 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Ted actually voted · last 15 bills live
- YeaSeptember 17, 2026PN999-4On the Nomination
- YeaSeptember 17, 2026PN999-4On the Cloture Motion
- YeaSeptember 17, 2026S. 4668On the Motion to Proceed
- YeaSeptember 15, 2026S. 4668On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- YeaSeptember 15, 2026H.R. 3633On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- YeaSeptember 15, 2026PN1093-3On the Nomination
- YeaSeptember 14, 2026PN1093-3On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 8, 2026S. 5271On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- YeaAugust 8, 2026PN1078On the Nomination
- YeaAugust 8, 2026PN1078On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 8, 2026H.R. 6500On Passage of the Bill
- YeaAugust 8, 2026On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 6747 to S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file)On the Motion to Table
- YeaAugust 7, 2026On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file)On the Cloture Motion
- YeaAugust 7, 2026PN730-11On the Nomination
- YeaAugust 7, 2026H.R. 5334On Passage of the Bill
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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Every figure here is real and sourced: identity, party, seat, term history, committees and contact (congress-legislators); vote attendance, missed votes & how they voted (U.S. Senate (senate.gov), last 100 roll calls through September 17, 2026); campaign money raised and spent (FEC); stock-trade disclosures (U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Reports); declared election opponents & the money they raised (FEC candidate filings), with opponent bios quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists; ideological placement (DW-NOMINATE, voteview.com) and party-unity (computed from the roll calls above); biography (Wikidata + Wikipedia); the 2026 session calendar (official schedule). Nothing on this page is invented. wheresmyguy? carries no flight data, home locations, or real-time tracking. Time-stamped information is delayed at least 4 hours by design — wheresmyguy? is never a real-time tracker.