--- title: Here's How Much Money Ted Cruz Spent During Election 2016 description: While he didn't reach Jeb Bush-levels of campaign expenditures, Ted Cruz spent well over nine figures this election cycle. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-05-04T14:51:19.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T10:50:30.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Election 2016 - politics - ted cruz word_count: 261 canonical: https://money.com/election-2016-candidates-money/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz Holds Indiana Campaign Events](https://img.money.com/2016/05/gettyimages-527337758.jpg) *Ex-presidential candidate Ted Cruz at an event in Indiana.* Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz announced he was dropping out of the race Tuesday, and while he didn't reach [Jeb Bush-levels](https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/) of campaign expenditures, the ex-candidate did rack up quite a big bill during his campaign. Cruz spent over $100 million by the end of April, according to the [Center for Responsive Politics](http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/also-rans.php), and raised almost $150 million. Add Cruz's spending to the rest of the field of failed Republican presidential campaigns, and the total is well over $500 million. Of those left in the race, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has raised and spent the most money, at $256.4 million and $182.9 million, respectively. She's followed by fellow Democrat Bernie Sanders, who has spent $165.3 million, and raised $182.8 million. Five candidates have spent over nine figures this election season. Republican front-runner Donald Trump has raised "just" $51.2 million and spent $49.5 million, or about a quarter of what Clinton has spent. John Kasich has raised $29.2 million and spent $33.5 million. Here's a running tally of how much the failed candidates raised and spent during their runs for the presidency: | Candidate | Amount Raised | Amount Spent | | --- | --- | --- | | **Jeb Bush** | $155,142,617 | $137,803,892 | | **Ted Cruz** | $141,868,484 | $112,064,426 | | **Marco Rubio** | $116,770,328 | $111,272,423 | | **Ben Carson** | $79,789,490 | $77,019,991 | | **Scott Walker** | $32,379,896 | $32,289,755 | | **Chris Christie** | $31,933,709 | $31,261,699 | | **Carly Fiorina** | $26,337,294 | $24,199,172 | | **Rand Paul** | $22,983,566 | $20,696,638 | | **Rick Perry** | $16,658,201 | $17,123,521 | | **Mike Huckabee** | $10,157,837 | $10,331,901 | | **Lindsey Graham** | $9,928,568 | $9,687,320 | | **Martin O'Malley** | $6,765,091 | $7,122,191 | | **Bobby Jindal** | $5,959,671 | $5,960,374 | | **George Pataki** | $1,548,783 | $1,557,414 | | **Rick Santorum** | $2,076,134 | $2,498,003 | | **Jim Webb** | $803,805 | $773,736 | | **Jim Gilmore** | ~$725,700 | ~$751,900 | **Grand Total of Drop-Out Money Spent:** **$583,787,356** ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-candidates-money/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Elections", "item": "https://money.com/elections/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Here's How Much Money Ted Cruz Spent During Election 2016" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-candidates-money/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/election-2016-candidates-money/", "name": "Here's How Much Money Ted Cruz Spent During Election 2016", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-05-04T14:51:19.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-candidates-money/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-candidates-money/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T10:50:30.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Here's How Much Money Ted Cruz Spent During Election 2016", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/05/gettyimages-527337758.jpg", "width": 4000, "height": 2667, "caption": "Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-05-04T14:51:19.000Z", "description": "While he didn't reach Jeb Bush-levels of campaign expenditures, Ted Cruz spent well over nine figures this election cycle.", "abstract": "While he didn't reach Jeb Bush-levels of campaign expenditures, Ted Cruz spent well over nine figures this election cycle.", "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-candidates-money/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T10:50:30.000Z", "wordCount": 261, "keywords": [ "Election 2016", "politics", "ted cruz" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Political economy", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_economy" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Election", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election" ] } ] } ] } ```