THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Cruz's fundraising profile is heavily dependent on individual donors, who account for 98 percent of his $94.4 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees representing only 2 percent of his funding base. Industry-tied contributions cluster in professional and financial sectors—lawyers and lobbyists and health services each represent 12 percent of industry money, followed by construction, real estate, and securities investment at 8 percent each—patterns that align with the occupational backgrounds of his individual donor base. His financial disclosures show 29 stock trades on file under the STOCK Act across a 116-vote record in the Senate.
Raised · all cycles$80.5M▲ 296% in ’24 vs ’22#1 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes14on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Cruz (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Cruz voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 14 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Cruz's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$4.0M
TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND
candidate's own committee
2$2.5M
TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE
candidate's own committee
3$939K
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND
PAC
4$914K
RED SENATE
PAC
5$587K
ENTREPRENEUR
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
LEGISLATION
6 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Chairman
Foreign Relations
Rules and Administration
Judiciary
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
Lori Trahan
D-MA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesConstruction & Engineering
Russell Fry
R-SC · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesConstruction & Engineering
Tim Moore
R-NC · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesConstruction & Engineering
Richard McCormick
R-GA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesConstruction & Engineering
Kevin Kiley
I-CA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesConstruction & Engineering
Mike Johnson
R-LA · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesConstruction & Engineering