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Cycle 2024 · through December 31, 2024

Rafael Cruz

REP · TX · Senate
Up 2030 (last race: 2024)

Where Rafael Cruz's campaign money comes from, by four headline measures. Total receipts for cycle 2024: $74.1M · FEC committee C00492785

From TX
45.9%
$21.3M of $46.4M itemized
Itemized contributions only ($200+). The FEC doesn't tag unitemized donors by state, so the small-dollar pool isn't included here.
From small donors (under $200)
60.1%
$45.7M of $76.1M from individuals
From individuals (not PACs)
98.2%
$1.27M from PACs and party committees
ActBlue and WinRed pass-through donations are counted as individual contributions here, which matches how the FEC totals them — they're conduit services, not the donor.
Top employers
Aggregated from itemized donors. Retired, self-employed, homemaker, and unreported values excluded.
  1. 01HOMEMAKER$855,8133471 donors
  2. 02INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS$780,184379 donors
  3. 03ENTREPRENEUR$458,0964689 donors
  4. 04UNEMPLOYED$50,066702 donors
  5. 05RDV CORPORATION$39,60018 donors
  6. 06AMERICAN AIRLINES$29,632249 donors
  7. 07BLACKSTONE$27,4009 donors
  8. 08AT&T$26,91523 donors
Outside money — independent expenditures
Money spent about Rafael Cruz — TV ads, mailers, digital — by outside groups (super PACs and similar). Individuals can give super PACs unlimited amounts, so this is where the mega-donor money lives, far above the $7,000 cap that applies to direct contributions. Cycle 2024.
Spent supporting Rafael Cruz
$8.60M
Spent opposing Rafael Cruz
$2.86M
Top groups supporting
  1. Truth And Courage PAC$3,864,738
  2. Save Our Country$1,700,000
  3. Senate Conservatives Fund$929,161
  4. Red Senate$785,101
  5. GOA Victory Fund$619,971
  6. National Association Of Realtors Political Action Committee$229,629
Top groups opposing
  1. Winsenate$1,373,568
  2. Crush Maga PAC$340,000
  3. Nrdc Action Votes$325,000
  4. SD PAC$315,000
  5. Save Western Culture$150,011
FEC Schedule E. Each committee links to its FEC.gov profile, where you can see who funded it. Conduit platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are notshown here — they process donations to candidates, not independent expenditures, so structurally they don't belong in this section.
Top individual donors
Largest individual contributors to Rafael Cruz's committee this cycle. Each name links to that donor's receipts on FEC.gov for verification. Conduit platforms (WinRed, ActBlue) are excluded — they're pass-through services, not the donor.
  1. 01
    Shane Byrd
    Lubbock, TX
    $23,200
  2. 02
    Don Jr. Woodard
    Fort Worth, TX
    $23,200
  3. 03
    William S. Brown
    Katy, TX
    $20,000
  4. 04
    W. Bernard Pieper
    Houston, TX
    $20,000
  5. 05
    Richard C. Taylor
    Batesville, TX — SOLA VACA RANCH
    $13,200
  6. 06
    Samuel Ray Sr. Huffines
    Plano, TX — HUFFINES AUTO DEALERSHIPS · AUTO DEALER
    $13,200
  7. 07
    Johnny Mcdonald
    Lubbock, TX
    $12,500
  8. 08
    Gary Blake
    Fort Worth, TX — CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN HEALTHCARE · FOUNDER
    $11,600
  9. 09
    Stephen Calk
    North Miami Beach, FL
    $11,600
  10. 10
    Stanley V. Graff
    Dallas, TX — EL DORADO MOTORS INC · OWNER/PRESIDENT
    $10,800
These are individual people, not corporate PACs. Itemized only ($200+); under-$200 donors are unitemized at the FEC and aren't named.
Side-by-side
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Two campaigns on the same four headline numbers (REP).

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Where Rafael Cruz's money comes from

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