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John Cornyn

U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX

Republican Texas since Jan 3, 2021

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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
Confirmation: Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Edlow to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security Yea Jul 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anthony Tata, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony Tata to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Yea Jul 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jul 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Pettit to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Yea Jul 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Yea Jul 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency Yea Jul 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Yea Jul 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jonathan Gould to be Comptroller of the Currency Yea Jul 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Briggs to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Kupor to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management Yea Jul 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy Yea Jul 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bryan Bedford to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Yea Jul 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Preston Griffith to be Under Secretary of Energy Yea Jul 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea Jul 1, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2360, as Amended Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Graham Amdt. No. 2848 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Klobuchar Amdt. No. 2849 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 2585 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Warner Amdt. No. 2847 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2564 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected 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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