Ted Cruz Official Bio

Ted Cruz

Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was previously the Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Ted Cruz has 839 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2006 Video Magazine as a Solicitor General. The year with the most videos was 2021 with 122 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2017 with an average of 19,045 views per program. Most appearances with Mike Lee (30), John Cornyn (24), James Lankford (21). Most common tags: Republican Party, Cruz, Conservatives.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2013 - Present U.S. Senator, R-TX View Map


Videos: 821

Previously

Solicitor General,
R-Texas c. December 29, 2003 - c. May 1, 2008 Videos: 17 Attorney c. July 3, 2008 - c. January 2, 2013 Videos: 1

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Member of Congress Record

District Map
Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

Votes

Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 29
    • Total Time Speaking: 6 hours
    • Common Floor Remark Topics:

Bills

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