THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Ted Cruz's fundraising profile is heavily weighted toward individual donors, who account for 98 percent of his $94.4 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees comprising just 2 percent. Industry-tied money shows concentration among lawyers and lobbyists, health services providers, and real estate and securities professionals, patterns that align with the occupational backgrounds of his individual donor base. His legislative voting record includes 118 recorded votes, with 29 stock trades disclosed under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$80.6M▲ 296% in ’24 vs ’22#1 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share12%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes15on 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 15 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
7 sponsored
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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1106 Main Street in
S3946-118 · Signed
I-27 Numbering Act of 2023
S992-118 · Signed
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road
S4411-117 · Signed
Protecting Europe's Energy Security Implementation Act
S3436-117 · Introduced
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
Nydia M. Velázquez
D-NY · House
Lawyers & LobbyistsHealth ServicesConstruction & Engineering