Presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzVideo of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Democrat on Graham video urging people to 'use my words against me': 'Done' MORE (R-Texas) missed the vote on Loretta Lynch's nomination for attorney general despite being one of her most vocal opponents in the upper chamber.



Cruz, who had slammed GOP leaders for allowing the nomination to move forward, was the only senator to miss the vote.



While the senator’s whereabouts are unclear, it’s possible that he was flying back to Texas for a presidential fundraiser that is being held for him in Dallas.



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"The Republican majority, if it so chose, could defeat this nomination," Cruz said Thursday. "But the Republican majority has chosen to go forward and allow Loretta Lynch to be confirmed."Cruz also suggested that Republicans who supported Lynch would have to explain their votes back in their home states."I would note there are a few voters back home that are asking what exactly is the difference between a Democratic and Republican majority," he said. "That's a question each of us will have to answer to our constituents back home."Lynch, who was nominated more than 160 days ago, was confirmed in a 56-43 vote on Thursday afternoon.Cruz did vote against the Lynch nomination during a procedural vote earlier Thursday.Amanda Carpenter, the Texas Republican's communications director, suggested on Twitter that the cloture vote was "the only vote that mattered."

If the Senate could get 60 votes for cloture, they could get 51 for final confirmation. Cloture is the only vote that mattered. — Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) April 23, 2015

So far this year, the Texas Republican has been one of the senators most likely to skip votes.



Between January and March, Cruz missed more votes than any other senator except Minority Leader Harry Reid Harry Mason ReidGraham signals support for confirming a Supreme Court nominee this year Trump signals he will move to replace Ginsburg 'without delay' Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden MORE (D-Nev.), who was at home recovering from an injury, and Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Florida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll MORE (R-Fla.), another presidential candidate.



So far this month, Cruz has missed 20 of the Senate's 28 roll call votes, according to GovTrack.

This story was updated at 5:15 p.m.