Sen. Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas · in the Senate since 2013
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Sen. Ted Cruz has missed 47 of 919 roll-call votes this Congress, 5.1% of them, 2.2 times as many as the typical senator (2.3%).
What they show up for, and what they skip
Ted Cruz almost always votes on votes on finance (missed 0%) and votes on immigration (0%), but misses far more votes on public lands (33%) and votes on congress itself (16%).
By kind of vote
Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 5.1%
By topic
From the Library of Congress subject of each bill · topics with 10+ votes
Days of the week: missed 11% of Thursday votes and 1.1% of Friday votes.
Votes cast and missed, month by month
Each bar is one month of roll calls in the 119th Congress. Shaded months have a reason on record.
- Voted (yes, no or present)
- Missed
- Reason on record
Year by year
Share of votes missed. The gray tick is the typical senator.
Missed days in 2026
Each square is a day the Senate held votes. Darker means more votes missed that day.
- Jan 5: voted every time
- Jan 6: voted every time
- Jan 7: voted every time
- Jan 8: voted every time
- Jan 12: missed 1 of 1
- Jan 13: voted every time
- Jan 14: voted every time
- Jan 15: voted every time
- Jan 27: voted every time
- Jan 29: voted every time
- Jan 30: voted every time
- Feb 2: voted every time
- Feb 3: voted every time
- Feb 4: voted every time
- Feb 5: voted every time
- Feb 9: voted every time
- Feb 10: voted every time
- Feb 11: voted every time
- Feb 12: voted every time
- Feb 24: voted every time
- Feb 25: voted every time
- Feb 26: voted every time
- Mar 2: voted every time
- Mar 4: voted every time
- Mar 5: voted every time
- Mar 9: voted every time
- Mar 10: voted every time
- Mar 11: voted every time
- Mar 12: voted every time
- Mar 17: voted every time
- Mar 18: voted every time
- Mar 20: voted every time
- Mar 21: voted every time
- Mar 22: voted every time
- Mar 23: voted every time
- Mar 24: voted every time
- Mar 25: voted every time
- Mar 26: voted every time
- Apr 13: voted every time
- Apr 14: voted every time
- Apr 15: voted every time
- Apr 16: voted every time
- Apr 20: voted every time
- Apr 21: voted every time
- Apr 22: voted every time
- Apr 23: voted every time
- Apr 27: missed 1 of 1
- Apr 28: voted every time
- Apr 29: voted every time
- Apr 30: voted every time
- May 11: voted every time
- May 12: voted every time
- May 13: voted every time
- May 14: voted every time
- May 18: voted every time
- May 19: voted every time
- May 20: voted every time
- Jun 1: voted every time
- Jun 2: voted every time
- Jun 3: voted every time
- Jun 4: voted every time
- Jun 5: voted every time
- Jun 8: voted every time
- Jun 9: voted every time
- Jun 10: voted every time
- Jun 11: voted every time
- Jun 15: voted every time
- Jun 16: voted every time
- Jun 17: voted every time
- Jun 18: voted every time
- Jun 22: missed 1 of 1
- Jun 23: voted every time
- Jun 24: voted every time
- Jul 13: voted every time
- Jul 14: voted every time
- Jul 15: voted every time
- Jul 16: voted every time
- Jul 20: missed 1 of 1
- Jul 21: voted every time
- Jul 22: voted every time
- Jul 23: voted every time
- Jul 27: voted every time
- Jul 28: voted every time
- Jul 29: missed 1 of 2
- Jul 30: voted every time
- Aug 3: voted every time
- Aug 5: voted every time
- Aug 7: voted every time
- Aug 8: voted every time
- Sep 14: voted every time
- Sep 15: voted every time
- Sep 17: voted every time
- Sep 22: voted every time
- Sep 23: voted every time
- Sep 24: voted every time
- Sep 28: voted every time
- Sep 29: voted every time
- Sep 30: voted every time
- Nov 9: voted every time
- Nov 10: voted every time
- Nov 12: voted every time
Voted every time Missed every vote
Reasons on record
What the member or their office said, with the source. Absences with no reason given are listed as such.
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No reason given 47 votes on 19 days
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Key votes missed
| Date | Vote | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) H.R. 6644 · On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823)) · roll call 182 |
Motion Agreed to | 85–5 |
| Oct 9, 2025 | S. 2296, as amended S. 2296 · On Passage of the Bill S. 2296 · roll call 570 |
Bill Passed | 77–20 |
| Oct 9, 2025 | H. J. Res. 106 H.J.Res. 106 · On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 106 · roll call 560 |
Joint Resolution Passed | 50–46 |
| Oct 8, 2025 | H. J. Res. 105 H.J.Res. 105 · On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 105 · roll call 556 |
Joint Resolution Passed | 50–45 |
| Oct 8, 2025 | S. J. Res. 71 S.J.Res. 71 · On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 71 · roll call 554 |
Joint Resolution Defeated | 47–51 |
| Oct 8, 2025 | H. J. Res. 104 H.J.Res. 104 · On the Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 104 · roll call 549 |
Joint Resolution Passed | 52–47 |
Missed 47 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.
Missed votes that could have changed the result
Votes Ted Cruz missed where the members who didn't vote outnumbered the margin. "Their side lost" means most of their party voted on the losing side.
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Absences could have flipped it Jul 20, 2026 · Senate #200Motion to Invoke Cloture: Benjamin M. Flowers to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth CircuitOn the Cloture Motion PN938-1 · PN 0
It passed 43–40 with 10 Republicans and 6 Democrats and 1 independent not voting. The losing side was 3 votes short and 7 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 43–47. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (53–47).
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Absences could have flipped it Jul 21, 2025 · Senate #418Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug EnforcementOn the Cloture Motion PN26-11 · PN 0
It passed 44–43 with 9 Republicans and 4 Democrats not voting. The losing side was one vote short and 4 of its members didn't vote: with them it would have failed 44–47. But the winning side's absences offset that: with everyone there, the result would have stood (53–47).
How that compares
Data: the House Clerk and senate.gov, updated with every roll call. All members →