Where the money comes from
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator · Texas · 2025–2026 cycle
RepublicanTed's money is a mix: 42% large gifts, 35.4% small gifts, 9.9% from PACs.
Raised
$9.4M
Spent
$8.9M
Cash on hand
$4.9M
Debts
$0
Large individual gifts ($200+)
$3.7M · 42%
Small gifts (under $200)
$3.1M · 35.4%
PACs
$879K · 9.9%
Other
$1.1M · 12.7%
35%
Small gifts
of money came in gifts under $200
10%
PACs
of money came from PACs
65%
Out of state
of itemized individual money came from other states
27%
Transportation
of PAC money came from this sector
Compared with a typical senator
Across all 12 PAC sectors, 8 sit above what a typical senator takes from that sector.
Transportation
$393K vs $70K typical
+463%Communications/Electronics
$267K vs $67K typical
+299%Misc Business
$132K vs $74K typical
+78%Energy & Natural Resources
$132K vs $70K typical
+88%Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
$131K vs $198K typical
−34%Defense
$72K vs $44K typical
+63%Labor
$71K vs $39K typical
+84%Health
$60K vs $116K typical
−49%Ideological/Single-Issue
$60K vs $108K typical
−45%Lawyers & Lobbyists
$58K vs $25K typical
+132%Construction
$50K vs $28K typical
+75%Agribusiness
$40K vs $45K typical
−12%
Bars to the right mean more than a typical senator; to the left, less.
Follow the PAC money
From PACs
$1.5M
Committees
269
Share of money
15.6%
vs a typical senator
+191%
- Business91%
- Labor5%
- Ideological/Single-Issue4%
12 sectors. Tap one to see the industries inside it, then every committee that gave.
Who gives
Biggest organisations
All 19 organisations whose employees, their families, or PAC gave. People on the left, the PAC on the right.
- Left: employees and their families
- Right: the organisation's PAC
- BGR Group$50K$47K$3K
- Comcast Corp$42K$37K$5K
- Miller Strategies$34K$34K—
- Government of the United Arab Emirates$33K$33K—
- Teladoc Health$27K$7K$20K
- Blue Origin$27K$17K$10K
- Empyrean Capital Partners Lp$24K$12K—
- D1 Capital Partners$24K$24K—
- Bayview Asset Management$24K$24K—
- Passion Growers$24K$24K—
- Brownstein, Hyatt et al$24K$17K$8K
- Winklevoss Capital Management$24K$24K—
Where the givers live
65.1% of itemized individual money came from outside Texas.
- Texas 34.9%
- Other states 65.1%
All 53 states and territories, ranked
Who writes the cheques
37% of Ted's itemized individual money came from women, from 35,891 women and 39,079 men.
- Women $3.2M
- Men $5.5M
By size of gift
The $1,000-$3,499 band brought in the most: 25% of itemized individual money.
- $200-$499$1.4M4,788 givers
Women $599K (2,018) · Men $821K (2,770)
- $500-$999$1.3M1,981 givers
Women $568K (867) · Men $712K (1,114)
- $1,000-$3,499$2.1M1,307 givers
Women $706K (449) · Men $1.4M (858)
- $3,500+$2M291 givers
Women $447K (59) · Men $1.6M (232)
- $7,000+$1.3M143 givers
Women $342K (36) · Men $995K (107)
Women's share over 8 cycles
Women's share moved from 27.2% in 2012 to 36.9% in 2026, peaking at 39.2% in 2020.
Track record
Ted has won 3 of 3 races on record between 2012 and 2024.
Peak cycle 2023–2024 raised $77.1M.
- Raised
- Spent
2024 TX Senate Class I
Raised $73.6M · spent $75.2M
Outraised by Colin Allred (D) with $92.6M
Won· General2018 TX Senate Class I
Raised $35M · spent $39M
Outraised by Beto O'rourke (D) with $79M
Won· General2012 TX Senate Class I
Raised $14.3M · spent $13.8M
Outraised by David H Dewhurst (R) with $28.3M
Won· General
Sits on
Amounts here cluster money from an organisation's employees, their families and its PAC, so they show industries and interests rather than individual names. For the named individual givers, see Ted's top donors. Campaign committee and leadership PAC combined · summary as of August 4, 2026 · transactions through July 17, 2026.