Member of Congress · 119th Congress

Ted Cruz

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · TexasSenate 2013–now

Ted Cruz is a Republican U.S. senator from Texas, in Congress since 2013, who voted with most Republicans on 98% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 10 bills become law since 2013.

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594Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–119th Congress (excludes amendments)

30Passed a chamberof 535 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

10Became law8 substantive + 2 ceremonial · 113th–119th Congress · 4 this Congress

15Broke with partyof 868 yes/no votes, 119th (1.7%)

47Missed votesof 915 roll calls, 119th (5.1%)

$0Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: none on record

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

5 most recent votes

YeaOn the Nomination — Nomination vote
Sep 30, 2026 · Nomination Confirmed
YeaOn the Cloture Motion — Nomination vote
Sep 30, 2026 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Ratepayer Protection Act
Sep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Stop Insider Trading Act
Sep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
NayOn the Motion to Discharge — A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Sep 29, 2026 · Motion to Discharge Rejected

5 most recent bills

S. 283 Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act
Oct 15, 2026 · Became Public Law No: 119-123.
S. 4668 Protect College Sports Act of 2026
Oct 5, 2026 · Held at the desk.
S. 4009 Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act
Oct 5, 2026 · Held at the desk.
S. 3798 Safe Access to Cash Act of 2026
Oct 5, 2026 · Held at the desk.
S. 3923 Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
Sep 28, 2026 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 685.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Committees

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Chairman
Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation, Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy, Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
No subcommittees
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, Subcommittee on the Constitution

Elections Sen. Cruz has won

Sen. Cruz has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (2012, 2018, 2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.6 to 15.8 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won3 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 2.6 points2018, TX Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 3 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Texas Senate (class 1)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Lloyd Bentsen (D) 1976–1988 → Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) 1994–2006 → Ted Cruz (R) 2012–2024.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Texas done while Sen. Cruz served?

2013 to 2024 in Texas: typical household income was up 14% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.2 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

Texas: $69.9K in 2013 → $79.7K in 2024

Texas up 14%U.S. up 15%

Share of people below the poverty line

Texas: 17.5% in 2013 → 13.4% in 2024

Texas down 4.1 pointsU.S. down 3.7 points

Share of workers looking for a job

Texas: 7.1% in 2013 → 4.8% in 2024

Texas down 2.2 pointsU.S. down 3.8 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Texas during Cruz’s time representing it (2013 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Texas’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Local offices

Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.

Austin office300 E 8th, Suite 961, Austin, TX 78701
Phone 512-916-5834 · Fax 512-916-5839 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Dallas office3626 N. Hall St., Suite 410, Lee Park Tower II, Dallas, TX 75219
Phone 214-599-8749 · Fax 214-361-3518 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Houston office1919 Smith St., Suite 9047, The Mickey Leland Federal Building, Houston, TX 77002
Phone 713-718-3057 · Fax 713-209-3459 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
McAllen office200 S. 10th St., Suite 1603, McAllen, TX 78501
Phone 956-686-7339 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
San Antonio office9901 Ih-10w, Suite 950, San Antonio, TX 78230
Phone 210-340-2885 · Fax 210-349-6753 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Tyler office305 S. Broadway, Suite 501, Tyler, TX 75702
Phone 903-593-5130 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)

Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators, district-offices file, September 24, 2026 ↗Licence: CC0 (public domain)

Evidence

File: legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries C001098-austin, C001098-dallas, C001098-houston, C001098-mcallen, C001098-san_antonio, C001098-tyler (6 offices)
Published at: https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
File date: September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
File SHA-256: 8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59
Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain)

Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, www.cruz.senate.gov.

Federal figures for Texas

Social Security and VA figures for this member’s state. The full table, sources and notes are on the state page.

4,996,895people receiving Social Security (OASDI) benefits, Dec 2025

Source: SSA, Table 1, April 2026 ↗

Evidence

Publisher: U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, “Congressional Statistics, 2025”
Table / row: Table 1; sheet 'TX - OASDI', row 5
Data as of: December 2025; released April 2026
Licence: CC0 1.0, per the Data.gov record (id US-GOV-SSA-3372; record modified April 27, 2026)
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
Full file: cong_stats25.xlsx ↗
File SHA-256: 7d31378275e2801fafd143bb96877c3407261b24767b935661ab5f915f2fe87f

575,107people receiving SSI payments, Dec 2025

Source: SSA, Table 2, April 2026 ↗

Evidence

Publisher: U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, “Congressional Statistics, 2025”
Table / row: Table 2; sheet 'TX - SSI', row 6
Data as of: December 2025; released April 2026
Licence: CC0 1.0, per the Data.gov record (id US-GOV-SSA-3372; record modified April 27, 2026)
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
Full file: cong_stats25.xlsx ↗
File SHA-256: 7d31378275e2801fafd143bb96877c3407261b24767b935661ab5f915f2fe87f

$21,856,946,830VA direct expenditures in the state, FY2025

Source: VA GDX FY2025, State Direct, September 2026 ↗

Evidence

Publisher: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics
File: GDX_FY25.xlsx, sheet 'State Direct Exp', row 47, FIPS 48
Prepared: September 2026 (per the file’s data guide)
Boundaries: 119th Congress districts
Licence: U.S. government work; no licence statement found on the VA page
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
File SHA-256: 1cf95d35c842b0064eacb3055db4441a775163919a3e90d21d30d4966aefaf25

Open the Texas page, with notes →

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Official records on bills this member sponsored

119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 133 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	133	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 25, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	17	See the 17 →
With a committee report listed	9	See the 9 →
With a Congress.gov note	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 25, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

Votes on civilian nominations

237 confirmation roll calls this senator was on the roll for, 119th Congress. A tally of what the record shows, not a score.

Yea 222 (94%)Not voting 15 (6%)

Yea · September 30, 2026 · Keith Sonderling Secretary of Labor
Yea · September 23, 2026 · Angela Veronica Colmenero United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
Yea · September 17, 2026 · Kasdin Miller Mitchell United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
Yea · September 15, 2026 · Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
Yea · August 8, 2026 · Todd Blanche Attorney General
Yea · August 7, 2026 · Michael Kavoukjian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
Yea · August 5, 2026 · Erica Schwartz Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Yea · July 28, 2026 · Walter Clayton Director of National Intelligence

Source: Senate roll call votes, as stored by PORKER ↗

Evidence

What is counted: Senate roll calls in the 119th Congress on the question of confirming a civilian nomination, as recorded on senate.gov. Cloture and procedural votes are not counted.
How it is matched: The vote record names the nomination number; the senator is matched by the Senate member id.
Not voting: Includes absences and any other reason. The record does not say why.

589 of the 617 confirmed civilian nominations show a roll-call vote on their latest-action line; the rest show a voice vote, unanimous consent or another method, with no individual votes. So this is only the roll-call subset. It says nothing about whether any vote was right or wrong.

All confirmed nominations Nominations hub

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded Senate vote Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.