THE MONEY AROUND THIS OFFICIAL · CYCLE 2025-2026
SUPER PAC & OUTSIDE SPENDING
$4,864

Reported independent expenditures for or against this official. Paid by outside groups — not received by the official.

DARK-MONEY-LINKED
$0
0% OF PAC + SUPER PAC MONEY

The share spent by groups whose filings never name the donors behind the money. Original funding source is not publicly traceable.

SPENT FOR THIS OFFICIAL
$0
SPENT AGAINST THIS OFFICIAL
$0
PAC CONTRIBUTIONS (DIRECT)

Given directly to this official's committee — always in support, never in opposition.

$98,327
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

RepublicanSenate · TXBioguide: C001098
FOLLOW THE MONEY — AT A GLANCE
TOTAL DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS (ITEMIZED)
$675,151
TOTAL OUTSIDE SPENDING (IND. EXPENDITURES)
$4,864
Money by Election Cycle
2024–252025–262026–27$0$200K$400K$600K$800K
Direct contributions Outside spending (super PACs & 501(c) groups)
Top Outside Spenders
$0$2K$3K$5K$6KSENATECONSERVATIVESFUND

Independent expenditures supporting or opposing this official — money raised outside their campaign committee, often from corporate and special-interest groups.

BIOGRAPHY

Rafael "Ted" Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2008 as the third solicitor general of Texas. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative, and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings. Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee since 2025.

Source: Wikipedia
OFFICE
OFFICE
Senate
STATE
TX
PARTY
Republican
ROLE
U.S. Senator
TERM
—
LAST DATA UPDATE
Oct 25, 2026
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES
Campaign total — Ted Cruz
FEC CAND-S2TX00312 · 2026 cycle
In: $12,422,145
Out: $10,969,205
PLEDGE ALIGNMENT
Pledge not on record
This official has not signed the $3,500 individual-donor pledge.
$3,500 INDIVIDUAL CAP

47 individual donors above the $3,500 cap — largest $5,000.

VOTING RECORD ON FILE

256 recorded roll-call votes from official Senate and House records.

Measured only against the pledge's stated commitment. No score is assigned and no conclusion is drawn. Read the pledge

EDITORIAL NOTE

No editorial commentary has been published for this official. This database presents documented records only and does not score or judge officials — see Sources & Methodology.

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