Is Ted Cruz pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Ted Cruz stand on Israel?

Ted Cruz (Republican, Texas) has the 3rd most pro-Israel record in the US Senate, with a net score of +112: 12 sponsored bills, 31 cosponsorships, and 14 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, with no recorded activity on the pro-Palestine side.

Net score breakdown

Weights: sponsoring a scored bill 3 points, authoring a scored amendment 3 points, cosponsoring a scored bill 2 points, an aligned floor vote 1 point.

• Pro-Israel activity (additions): 12 sponsored bills × 3 = 36 points; 31 cosponsored bills × 2 = 62 points; 14 aligned floor votes × 1 = 14 points. Subtotal: 112 points pro-Israel.
• Net score: +112 pro-Israel (112 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $12,422,145. Total spent: $10,969,205. Cash on hand: $3,239,647.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Cruz: $1,698,332 (2014–2026, 3 PACs, 63 donors, 877 bundled).

Pro-Israel money spent AGAINST Cruz: $0. No tracked pro-Israel money spent against this member.

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $61,139 (4%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $314,038 (14%, 63 named individuals), of which $84,300 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $1,407,455 (83%, 877 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $1,698,332: PAC money $61,139, plus named individual donors $314,038, minus $84,300 routed through conduits by 31 of those donors (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $1,407,455, equals $1,698,332 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Cruz.

Full committee and donor lists: Israel/Palestine campaign finance.

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.