Money near votesmedium
$14K
100 contributions within 30 days of 20 votes
Contributions Votes
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.
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132 votes · cycle 2026 · Mar 30, 2026
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Funding Transparency
Notable concernJatin Desai accounts for 51% of contributions.
Vote Independence
Moderate concernVoted against party majority alongside cross-party defectors in 9 roll calls.
Timing Patterns
Moderate concern$13,783 in contributions landed within 30 days of 20 congressional votes.
Lobby Influence
Moderate concernGovernment Operations, Agriculture & Food, Finance & Banking appear in both lobbying filings and campaign contributions — $296 in overlapping funding across 144 lobbying filings.
Peer Standing
Moderate concernOutlier among Senate Republican (n=65) on Top contributor share — max deviation 2.4 sigma from peer average.
Stands out from peers
mediumCompared to 65 other Senate Republican members
Funding concentration
Highly concentrated — DESAI, JATIN holds 51%
Measures how evenly spread donations are — below 1,500 means many donors share the load; above 2,500 means a few dominate.
Party alignment
How often this politician sides with their party on roll calls where the party mostly agreed.
$14K
100 contributions within 30 days of 20 votes
Outside spending
low50 filings — 50 support, 0 oppose
$3,245 in outside spending on record.
Legislative focus
Funding sources
Lobbying activity
665clients
665 bill references on record · 665 linked to specific bills
American Kratom Association
Filed by Lobbyit.Com
American Kratom Association
Filed by Penn Avenue Partners
American Kratom Association
Filed by The Majority Group, LLC
American Kratom Association
Filed by Upstream Consulting, Inc.
American Kratom Association
Filed by Downs Government Affairs
American Superconductor
Filed by Longbow Public Policy Group, Llc
American Superconductor
Filed by Lemunyon Group, LLC
American Superconductor
Filed by Sbl Strategies, Llc
American Superconductor
Filed by Pike Associates Llc
American Superconductor
Filed by Florida Sugar Cane League
Source: federal lobbying disclosures and congressional vote records.
49 bills voted on · 13 lobbied
Voted on by
Aaron Bean
Abigail Davis Spanberger
Adam B. Schiff
Adam Smith
+529 more
Lobbied by
American Kratom Association
American Superconductor
Coalition For Responsible Waste Incineration
Coalition For Student Opportunity And Success
+9 more
Voted on by
Adam B. Schiff
Alex Padilla
Amy Klobuchar
Andy Kim
+96 more
Lobbied by
American Superconductor
Coalition For Responsible Waste Incineration
Electra Aero, Inc.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Inc.
+7 more
Voted on by
Aaron Bean
Abraham J. Hamadeh
Adam B. Schiff
Adam Gray
+534 more
Lobbied by
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
Exelixis, Inc.
National Association Of Small Trucking Companies
Rtx Corporation And Affiliates (Fkaraytheon Technologies Corporation)
+1 more
Voted on by
Aaron Bean
Abraham J. Hamadeh
Adam B. Schiff
Adam Gray
+528 more
Lobbied by
Bb Living
City Of Santa Clara
Dignitymoves
Voted on by
Adam B. Schiff
Alex Padilla
Amy Klobuchar
Andy Kim
+96 more
Lobbied by
Greater New York Hospital Association
Voted on by
Alex Padilla
Amy Klobuchar
Angus S. King Jr.
Benjamin L. Cardin
+96 more
Lobbied by
Capitol Strategies Us, Llc On Behalf Of Port Of Everett
Coalition For Responsible Waste Incineration
Voted on by
Adam B. Schiff
Alex Padilla
Amy Klobuchar
Andy Kim
+96 more
Lobbied by
Coalition For Responsible Waste Incineration
Voted on by
Adam B. Schiff
Alex Padilla
Amy Klobuchar
Andy Kim
+96 more
Lobbied by
Coalition For Responsible Waste Incineration
Voted on by
Aaron Bean
Abraham J. Hamadeh
Adam B. Schiff
Adam Gray
+528 more
Lobbied by
Coalition For Responsible Waste Incineration
Voted on by
Adam B. Schiff
Alex Padilla
Amy Klobuchar
Andy Kim
+96 more
Lobbied by
Coalition For Responsible Waste Incineration
Top industries
Sources and notes
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