LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Harvard Law School - JD, magna cum laude (1995)

  Activities and notes: Harvard Law Review, editor; Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, executive editor; Harvard Latino Law Review, founding editor

• Princeton University - AB, public policy, cum laude (1992)

  Activities and notes: Debate team

• Second Baptist School (Houston, Texas) - Diploma (1988)

  Activities and notes: Valedictorian

• Faith West Academy (Katy, Texas) - Attended

Office History

Election Results

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Texas (Class 1)
  Rafael Edward Cruz (Ted), 50.89%

  Republican
  Robert Francis O'Rourke (Beto), 48.33%

  Democrat

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Texas (Class 1)
  Rafael Edward Cruz (Ted), 56.46%

  Republican
  Paul Sadler, 40.62%

  Democrat
  John Jay Myers, 2.06%

  Libertarian

Employment History

• State of Texas (2003-May 2008)

  Solicitor General

Associated Organizations

• Free Enterprise Institute

  Trustee

• Texas Review of Law & Politics

• Jobs, Freedom and Security PAC

• Jobs, Growth and Freedom Fund

• Trusted Leadership PAC

• Make DC Listen PAC

• Cruz for President

• Ted Cruz for Senate (Texas)

Awards

• Legislator Award (International Association of Drilling Contractors) (Sept. 2023)

• Defender of Economic Freedom Award (Club for Growth) (Sept. 2023)

• Defender of Limited Government Award (Institute for Legislative Analysis) (June 2023)

• George ‘Buck’ Gillispie Congressional Award (Blinded American Veterans Foundation) (Sept. 2022)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (April 2019)

• Leadership Award (American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) (March 2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Oct. 2018)

• FreedomFighter (FreedomWorks Inc.) (July 17, 2018)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (July 2018)

• Legislator Award (International Association of Drilling Contractors) (June 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Defender of Israel Award (World Values Network) (2015)

• Taxpayers’ Friend Award (National Taxpayers Union) (Oct. 2014)

• Churchill Award (Claremont Institute) (March 15, 2014)

• Statesman of the Year (Republican Party of Sarasota County (Fla.)) (Feb. 20, 2014)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (2014)

• Man of the Year (FrontPage Magazine) (Dec. 30, 2013)

• Person of the Year (The Hill) (Dec. 27, 2013)

• Man of the Year (American Spectator) (Dec. 19, 2013)

• Man of the Year (TheBlaze Inc.) (Dec. 11, 2013)

• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (Southwestern Adventist University) (May 5, 2013)

• Honorary degree (Hillsdale College) (2013)

• Carter Knight Freedom Fund Award (National Rifle Association) (June 30, 2010)

Publications

• Crushed: Big Tech's War on Free Speech (2023) , Foreword

  Co-authors: Buck, Kenneth Robert
  

• Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America (2023)

• Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System (2022)

• My American Life (2022) , Foreward

  Co-authors: Boebert, Lauren Opal
  

• One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History (2020)

• A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America (2015)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• 
  Email, press:
  cruz_press@cruz.senate.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone:	202-224-5922
Fax:	202-228-0755

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Privately Financed Travel

8 trips taken between 2013 - 2021 costing $25,440

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 10/2/2013-10/3/2016: Medalla from Mexico ($136.00)

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Congressional Staff

Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Ranking Member
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Communications, Media and Broadband Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Space and Science Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight and Ports Subcommittee, Ex Officio
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Tourism, Trade and Export Promotion Subcommittee, Ex Officio
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development Subcommittee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee Constitution Subcommittee, Ranking Member
Senate Judiciary Committee Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
Senate Judiciary Committee Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights Subcommittee
Senate Judiciary Committee Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety Subcommittee
• Senate Rules and Administration Committee

Caucuses

• Congressional Italian-American Caucus
• Senate Pro-Life Caucus
• Senate Republican Conference
• Senate Western Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Senate Republicans suffered worse staff retention rates last year

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 8, 2024
  Senate Republicans are having a harder time retaining staff than their Democratic counterparts. read more

• Trent Lott's grandson finds his way to the Senate

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 22, 2023
  There's a new Trent Lott in the Senate. read more

• Intel adds GOP aide amid chips-funding push

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 22, 2022
  Intel Corp. has snagged a Republican staffer for its government-affairs team, just as Congress renews focus on addressing the semiconductor-chip shortage. read more

• Senators run afoul of ethics rules governing social media use

  Posted by LegiStorm on Feb. 14, 2022
  Several senators have run afoul of Senate ethics rules designed to prevent them from using official Senate resources for campaign activities, according to a LegiStorm review of all senators' Twitter accounts and official websites. read more

• Americans for Tax Reform wins over Sen. Cruz staffer

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 30, 2021
  Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform has added a Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) staffer to its arsenal. read more

• Sen. Cruz LD heads to Commerce Department

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 2, 2020
  A senior aide to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has gone to the Commerce Department to work with the White House. read more

• Rep. O'Rourke snags human-rights lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 1, 2018
  Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) could be just months from losing a Senate challenge to Ted Cruz (R-Texas), but that isn't stopping a human-rights lobbyist from joining his office. read more

• Sen. Cruz hires Trump legal defense attorney

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 16, 2018
  Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) newest hire is a constitutional lawyer who's helped to defend President Donald Trump. read more

• Clinton leads in revolving door staffers

  Posted by LegiStorm on March 31, 2016
  Hillary Clinton was in the Senate for only eight years but still trumps the longer-serving Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the number of staff members who either had been registered lobbyists — or would be. read more

• Clinton leads POTUS contenders in Israel trips

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on March 18, 2016
  Hillary Clinton is slated to speak at AIPAC's annual policy conference, which begins this weekend. Her Democratic opponent, Bernie Sanders, is not. read more

• Final GOP debate of 2015 dominates Congress's Twitter feeds

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Dec. 16, 2015
  Not only is he the front runner in the polls, Donald Trump leads the number of Twitter mentions from Hill staffers and members after last night's debate but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is coming on strong. read more

• Trump continues to dominate Hill Twitter mentions after second GOP debate

  Posted by Steve Shapiro on Sept. 17, 2015
  In a result that should surprise no one, Donald Trump was the most-tweeted GOP candidate by members of Congress and their staff during last night's debate. Yesterday's three-hour debate featured 11 candidates, with former HP CEO Carly Fiorina joining the ten candidates from Fox News' opening debate last month. read more

• Trump sweeps Hill Twitter mentions during first GOP debate

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 7, 2015
  Five governors, three senators, a neurosurgeon and a former reality TV star and businessman took the stage Thursday night. read more

• Trump leads Twitter buzz on Capitol Hill

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 27, 2015
  As billionaire Donald Trump surges in the 2016 presidential polls, Capitol Hill is obsessed, at least as measured by the tweets about him. read more

• Congress tweets as SCOTUS issues ACA ruling

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on June 26, 2015
  As the Supreme Court upheld the federal health care exchanges under ObamaCare yesterday, Congress took to the Twitterverse to express their mixed feelings about the outcome. read more

• Mailman drops by with letters for Congress, staffers tweet their confusion

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 16, 2015
  When a mailman dropped from the sky Wednesday with a special delivery for members of Congress, staffers who may have processed the letters through more typical channels took to Twitter instead. read more

• Scalise skipped Selma for conference at a lavish resort

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 19, 2015
  As lawmakers from both parties crossed a bridge in Selma, Alabama, on a historic anniversary for civil rights, one Republican House leader under fire from civil rights leaders was instead staying with his wife at a posh resort in Georgia, new records show. read more

• King staffer takes government relations job

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 4, 2015
  A senior legislative assistant for Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has moved off the Hill and into the advocacy world. read more

• A speech about nothing? Staffers make final jeers, watch plans ahead State of the Union

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Jan. 20, 2015
  Between the official announcements and guest lists, congressional staffers took to Twitter to make their final digs - and give their honest thoughts - before live-tweeting begins in earnest during tonight's State of the Union address. read more

• Senators reveal book deals and junkets in new disclosures

  Posted by John Sugden on May 19, 2014
  U.S. senators detailed their finances late last week, revealing outside income from such sources as book deals and even a junket paid by a Mexican media mogul on behalf of a possible presidential candidate. read more

• Presidential hopefuls share conference travel in common

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on April 9, 2014
  What do Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have in common? They are both freshman Republican senators, they are both attorneys of Cuban descent, and they are both said to be considering runs for the White House. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on July 3, 2013
  The first sign of the apocalypse: the phrase "Hail Satan" now appears on LegiStorm. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on May 6, 2013
  If you're trying to get in touch with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)'s chief of staff via email, join the ranks of the unsuccessful. All emails to him have been bouncing since last week. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Dec. 13, 2012
  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)'s first privately financed trip since taking office occurred recently with a visit to the Reagan Ranch courtesy of a conservative group. read more