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Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator (TX) [Republican]
Next election November 2030 · class 1
Full term, half answer · The pause button has a donor
| FEC ID | Committee | Connected organisation |
|---|---|---|
| C00492785 | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE | TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE |
| C00542423 | TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE | NONE |
"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright.
| Candidate ID | Receipts | From individuals | From committees | Disbursements | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2TX00312 | $10,228,280 | $8,297,999 | $474,800 | $9,050,182 | $2,964,805 | 06/30/2026 |
Source: FEC bulk file weball26.
| Committee | Receipts | Disbursements | To other committees | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE | $56,299 | $66,459 | $0 | $2,542 |
Source: FEC bulk file webk26.
Top 15 of 148 committees, $658,345 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn.
| Payee | Total | Payments | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKWELL SOLUTIONS | $1,303,349 | 15 | C00492785 → |
| DIRECT RESPONSE LLC | $939,690 | 18 | C00492785 → |
| WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC | $852,445 | 84 | C00492785 → |
| BB&T BANK CARD | $767,124 | 17 | C00492785 → |
| FUNDRAISING INC | $616,646 | 19 | C00492785 → |
| THE PROSPER GROUP | $602,253 | 15 | C00492785 → |
| REIGNITE DIGITAL LLC | $588,015 | 5 | C00492785 → |
| 360 GROUP INTERNATIONAL OF TEXAS INC | $584,133 | 18 | C00492785 → |
| COMPLIANCE CONSULTING COMPANY OF VA LLC | $22,504 | 8 | C00542423 → |
| TED CRUZ FOR SENATE | $13,227 | 2 | C00542423 → |
| REICHERT, LOGAN | $10,151 | 2 | C00542423 → |
| JOBS FREEDOM SECURITY PAC | $9,138 | 1 | C00542423 → |
| FUNDRAISING INC | $3,075 | 1 | C00542423 → |
| ANEDOT | $2,624 | 150 | C00542423 → |
| CMDI | $2,302 | 8 | C00542423 → |
| TRUIST BANK | $2,130 | 26 | C00542423 → |
Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.
| Direction | Amount (net) |
|---|---|
| Independent expenditures supporting them | $88,839 |
| Independent expenditures opposing them | $8,319 |
Spent by groups acting independently of the campaign. Net of amendments, so a total can read negative when corrections outweigh new spending. Source: FEC independent expenditures.
Senate disclosures are not published as files that can be linked directly; the Senate requires each search to be run by hand.
Search this person at the Senate Electronic Financial Disclosure database. It covers annual reports, periodic transaction reports for stock trades, and candidate filings.
| Date | Filed by | Type | Payee | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD | FECA | TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND honoring Ted Cruz | $1,500 | filing → |
| 2026-06-30 | POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC | FECA | TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND honoring Ted Cruz | $1,250 | filing → |
| 2026-06-30 | POLARIS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, LLC | FECA | TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND honoring Ted Cruz | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-29 | JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC AND AFFILIATES | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $5,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-29 | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Ted Cruz | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-26 | COVESTRO LLC | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring SEN. TED CRUZ | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2026-06-24 | SEMPRA | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2026-06-23 | META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2026-06-23 | S-3 GROUP | FECA | TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND honoring Ted Cruz | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-22 | PERATON CORP. | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring CRUZ, TED SEN. | $5,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-22 | S-3 GROUP | FECA | TED CRUZ VICTORY COMMITTEE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2026-06-22 | S-3 GROUP | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATWE honoring Ted Cruz | $2,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-18 | THOLOS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-11 | S-3 GROUP | FECA | TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND honoring Ted Cruz | $2,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-09 | WSP USA (FKA AS PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF, INC.) | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $5,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-05 | DISNEY WORLDWIDE SERVICES, INC. | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $2,500 | filing → |
| 2026-06-05 | ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC. | FECA | TED CRUZ VICTORY FUND honoring Ted Cruz | $1,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-03 | AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Ted Cruz | $5,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-02 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $3,000 | filing → |
| 2026-06-02 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. | FECA | TED CRUZ FOR SENATE honoring Sen. Ted Cruz | $2,000 | filing → |
667 item(s) totalling $1,595,595 across 2024–2026 filings, reported by lobbying registrants and lobbyists on form LD-203. By category: FECA $1,595,595 (667). These are their disclosures, not this person's: twice a year, registrants must report political contributions and certain honorary payments. An entry here means a lobbying organisation reported money to a committee of theirs or to an event honouring them — it is not a payment to them personally, and it is not evidence of any arrangement. The categories are not equivalent: FECA items are ordinary campaign contributions, while inaugural, library and honorary entries are payments to separate funds that carry no contribution limits. Source: Senate Office of Public Records.
Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.
| Term | What it is | Whose pocket |
|---|---|---|
| Money in | Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. | The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate. |
| Money out | What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. | Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift. |
| Outside spending | Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. | Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it. |
| Personal finances | Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. | The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section. |
Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.
So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.