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Official portrait of Ted Cruz

3rd term · 13.8 years in office: 2 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Senator · TX · Republican · since Jan 2013

Ted Cruz

Bills authored 63Missed votes 16 of 214Party unity 69% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 214 roll calls and 197 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

13.8YRS

In office · 3rd term · since Jan 2013

We hold certified results for U.S. House seats only.

92.52%

Attendance

senate median 98.13% (100 members)

Not a candidate in any election we track.

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation chairSenate Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate Committee on Rules and AdministrationSenate Committee on the JudiciarySenate Committee on Foreign Relations · Africa and Global Health Policy subcommittee chairSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights subcommittee chairSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Aviation, Space, and Innovation subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Telecommunications and Media subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Border Security and Immigration subcommitteeSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Crime and Counterterrorism subcommitteeSenate Committee on Foreign Relations · Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism subcommitteeSenate Committee on the Judiciary · the Constitution subcommitteeSenate Committee on Foreign Relations · Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues subcommittee63 bills authored · 1 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 1 of 100 toward fiscal restraint.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 2 of 100 toward stricter enforcement.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 51 of 100 toward tighter limits.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 11 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 23 of 100 toward develop & extract.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 37 of 100 toward exec. discretion.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 8 with both halves · 40 with one · 24 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)1 statement15 counted votesAnalysisMarket protections1 statement9 counted votesAnalysisMilitary budgetNo statements9 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraint1 statement8 counted votesAnalysisGovernment role in coverage2 statements7 counted votesAnalysisSNAP & nutritionNo statements7 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliancesNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements6 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rules1 statement5 counted votesAnalysis

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Ted Cruz voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Ted Cruz.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$10.2MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $300.0K · 35 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$474.8K · 4.6%
  • Itemized individual$4.4M · 43.5%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$3.9M · 37.6%
  • All other$1.5M · 14.2%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.782
Social (dim 2)-0.182

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

Cite this page

Civic Herald. “Ted Cruz: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/ted-cruz-C001098.

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