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TX-S1 · MODEL v1.14 · 2 INPUTS MEASURED

Ted Cruz

TX-S1 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 29.9 with 65% of the component weight available: statewide competitiveness, incumbent cash vulnerability.

Priority score29.9#2,767 of 5,726Tie of 6

THE MEMBER

Record

Ted Cruz is the Republican senator in TX Class 1. The retained roster records 13.6 cumulative years of Senate service through the source cutoff; the seat is next contested in 2030.

First Senate service
Jan 3, 2013
Next election
2030
Alignment gap
Not in this score
Bioguide record
C001098

THE STATE

TX-S1

TX recorded a R+13.7 presidential margin statewide in 2024. The senator reported $2,964,805 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.

2024 presidential margin
R+13.7
Cash on hand
$2,964,805
Receipts / disbursements
$10,228,280 / $9,050,182
Finance through
Jun 30, 2026
Route
Republican-held flip screen
Baseline score
45.3

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

General-election competitiveness

45.3

The statewide 2024 presidential result was R+13.7. A tied state begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.

Democratic primary

Not in this score

Not applicable to this Republican-held route; no Democratic-primary value is imputed.

AIPAC support

Not in this score

Not used in this route; the retained AIPAC model covers the Democratic House field.

Incumbent alignment

Not in this score

Not used in this route because the retained alignment trackers cover the Democratic caucus.

Cash vulnerability

11.3

The FEC candidate summary reports $2,964,805 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.

State Democratic primary contestation

Not in this score

No retained state-legislative Democratic primary catalog records uncontested contests for this state, so the component is omitted and the available weight is renormalized.

SENATE TERM

Recorded service

2025–nowTX-Class 1Current at source cutoff

Formula renormalized(0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state contestation) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 0.65)

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record