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John Cornyn

U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX

Republican Texas since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX current
Texas
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Texas current
United States
Republican Dec 2, 2002 Dec 31, 2030 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Texas
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Texas
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Texas
United States
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2009 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Texas
United States
Republican Nov 30, 2002 Jan 3, 2003 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas
Republican Nov 30, 2002 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.471, social dim. -0.060. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Schumer Amdt. No. 3109 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Curtis Amdt. No. 3697 Yea Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3535 Yea Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 3761 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jennifer Lee Mascott, of Delaware, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Oct 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 106 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 9, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 106 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 9, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 105 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 8, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 83 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress. Nay Oct 8, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 71 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy. Nay Oct 8, 2025 Joint Resolution Defeated U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 105 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 8, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jennifer Lee Mascott to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Oct 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 8, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 8, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 104 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 8, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 104 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Yea Oct 7, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: En Bloc Nominations Provided for Under the Provisions of S. Res. 412 Yea Oct 7, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for Under the Provisions of S.Res. 412 Yea Oct 6, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 6, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 6, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 3, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 Nay Oct 3, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Oct 3, 2025 Resolution Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $4,819,392. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 662 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 512 $1,737,962 36%
Corporate PAC 134 $1,294,850 27%
Party 16 $1,045,414 22%
Unclassified 338 $741,167 15%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$164,824 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Sep 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$125,500 CORNYN MAJORITY TEXAS TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$117,523 LONESTAR VICTORY FUND TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$96,313 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Dec 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$95,877 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Jun 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$89,967 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Sep 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$87,153 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Jun 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$86,174 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Sep 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$84,859 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Jun 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$78,129 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Oct 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$74,978 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Jun 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$43,675 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Sep 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$38,659 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Mar 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$37,114 WINRED TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Corporate PAC Mar 20, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$33,965 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. Party Oct 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (19 as lead sponsor)

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