Ted Cruz
Republican · TX · U.S. Senate
Bio
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.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 13.6 years
- First took office
- 2013 (3 terms)
- Seniority
- 53 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 55
- Senate class
- 1 · junior senator
- Austin, TX · 512-916-5834
- Dallas, TX · 214-599-8749
- Houston, TX · 713-718-3057
- McAllen, TX · 956-686-7339
- San Antonio, TX · 210-340-2885
- Tyler, TX · 903-593-5130
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $4.2M – $15.0M
- Liabilities
- $1.1M – $5.3M
- Net worth
- −$1.1M – $13.8M
- Since 2018
- +$6.3M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Ted Cruz's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Ted Cruz (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.
Do you vote like Cruz?
Answer a few questions on the issues and see which members of Congress — and which party — actually line up with you.
Caucuses & committees
Where Cruzsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Aviation, Space, and Innovation (Ex Officio)Telecommunications and Media (Ex Officio)Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy (Ex Officio)Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries (Ex Officio)Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness (Ex Officio)Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relationscenter · 22 members
- Senate Committee on the Judiciarycenter · 22 members
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administrationcenter · 17 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Cruz's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Talarico: Paxton Makes Cruz Look Like A StatesmanDemocratic Senate candidate James Talarico didn't hold back in his disdain for his opponent, Ken Paxton, or his fellow Republican enabler, Ted Cruz. During an interview on MS Now this Thursday, Talarico was asked about Elon Musk being expected to spend as muc…
Crooksandliars.com · August 21, 2026
Transcript: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Midterm Bombshell: GOP Is ToastThe following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 21 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.Donald Trum…
The New Republic · August 21, 2026
Ted Cruz hails $3B Israeli investment, 4,200 jobs boost in TexasThe Israeli investment may enhance Cruz's reelection prospects by showcasing economic growth, yet political challenges persist in Texas. The post Ted Cruz hails $3B Israeli investment, 4,200 jobs boost in Texas appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Crypto Briefing · August 20, 2026
Ted Cruz takes victory lap as iconic American brand's stock plunges to 12-year lowSen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is again dunking on a popular sports brand as the company’s stock price hits a 12-year low. Cruz joined in on social media criticism of Nike, the Swoosh-emblazoned brand whose stock price has been on a steady decline for years. The law…
Biztoc.com · August 19, 2026
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