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Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Senator· TXRSenate● In office
Before officeLawyer · Law clerk · Jurist
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Ted Cruz has an estimated net worth of $5.8M. The 2026 campaign raised $8.8M. Outside groups had $2.6M spent against Ted Cruz and $8.9M spent for Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz sits on Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Africa and Global Health Policy.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$5.8M
−$1.7M+
Raised (last cycle)
$8.8M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
13
Senator since 2013
Net-worth filings
12
+$3.3M since 2013
File — Balance

Bills weighed against funded sectors

Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.

Ideological / Leadership

$8.6M in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Real Estate & Construction

$459K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Other

$158K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Party Committee

$53K in corporate money from party committee · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against party committee
0 bills
with party committee
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Transportation

$26K in corporate money from transportation · 8 roll calls · 2 bills

against transportation
0 bills
with transportation
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

2 excluded · not weighed

Foreign-policy advocacy

$18K in corporate money from foreign-policy advocacy · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
with foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Banking & Financial

$10K in corporate money from banking · 13 roll calls · 9 bills

against banking
0 bills
with banking
3 bills
6 excluded · not weighed

Defense & Aerospace

$10K in corporate money from defense · 1 roll calls · 1 bills

against defense
0 bills
with defense
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

1 excluded · not weighed

Energy & Utilities

$10K in corporate money from energy · 2 roll calls · 1 bills

against energy
0 bills
with energy
1 bill

Insurance

$10K in corporate money from insurance · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against insurance
0 bills
with insurance
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Labor / Unions

$10K in union money · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Retail & Consumer

$10K in corporate money from retail · 0 roll calls · 0 bills

against retail
0 bills
with retail
0 bills
No scored votes

No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.

Tech & Telecom

$10K in corporate money from tech · 8 roll calls · 2 bills

against tech
0 bills
with tech
1 bill
1 excluded · not weighed
SourcesFEC money recordscongressional roster and vote records
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

Why negative? Financial disclosures require officials to report mortgages and loans as liabilities, but exclude personal residences and other non-income-producing assets. Someone whose main asset is their home can show a negative disclosednet worth in some years — it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in debt. See methodology.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →

† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. SenatorTXR
    2025 – 2031 · 6 yrs
  2. SenatorTXR
    2019 – 2025 · 6 yrs
  3. SenatorTXR
    2013 – 2019 · 6 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.