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Ted Cruz

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz is an American politician and attorney, who has served as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Ted Cruz has 350 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 2013 with 96 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2017 with an average of 10,026 views per program. Most appearances with Marco Rubio (10), Mike Lee (10), Steve King (9). Most common tags: Road to the White House, Republican Party, Cruz.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2013 - Present U.S. Senator, R-TX View Map Videos: 332 c. July 3, 2008 - Present Attorney Videos: 1

Previously

Solicitor General,
R-Texas c. December 29, 2003 - c. May 1, 2008 Videos: 17

Recent Appearances

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate by a 50-48 vote confirmed Marvin Kaplan to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a…

  • Foreign Agents Registration Act

    Foreign Agents Registration Act

    Justice Department officials, including the agency’s inspector general, testified at a hearing on foreign agent registration requirements. Inspector…

  • Senate Session, Part 2

    Senate Session, Part 2

    The Senate voted 51-50 on a motion to proceed to health care legislation. All Democrats and Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan…

  • Ambassador Confirmations

    Ambassador Confirmations

    The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a confirmation hearing for the ambassador nominations to key U.S. allies, including Canada,…

  • Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Nomination

    Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair Nomination

    Air Force General Paul Selva testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his reappointment to be vice chair of…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate confirmed by a 100-0 vote David Nye’s nomination to be U.S. district judge for the District of Idaho. Members…

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

* The first paragraph of this page uses material from the Wikipedia article 'Ted Cruz', which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Footnotes and parentheticals have been removed.