Cruz, Ted
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Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Since 2025, Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Cruz, Ted
- First name
- Ted
- Last name
- Cruz
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Texas U.S. Senate — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Texas U.S. Senate — 2030 General Election 2030-11-05 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
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Fundraising detail
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S2TX00312
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S2TX00312
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Source record ID: cn:2026:S2TX00312
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:C001098
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S2TX00312:2024
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Source record ID: fec_races:S2TX00312:2024
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Source record ID: fec_races:S2TX00312:2030
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Source record ID: fec_races:S2TX00312:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001098
- fec_candidate_id
- S2TX00312
- fec_candidate_ids
- S2TX00312
- govtrack_id
- 412573
- wikidata_id
- Q2036942