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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
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay May 21, 2025 Motion to Table Failed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea May 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Yea May 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Yea May 19, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the French Republic and the Principality of… Yea May 19, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Charles Kushner to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the French Republic and the Principality of… Yea May 19, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 195 — A resolution requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of… Nay May 15, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Donahue, of F.L., to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea May 15, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Donahue to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea May 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Matthew Ueland, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget Yea May 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Matthew Ueland to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget Yea May 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Emil Michael, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Yea May 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil Michael to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Yea May 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Yea May 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Rigas to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Yea May 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Katharine MacGregor, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior Yea May 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Katharine MacGregor to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior Yea May 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James Danly, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy Yea May 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James Danly to be Deputy Secretary of Energy Yea May 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Troy Meink, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force Yea May 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Troy Meink to be Secretary of the Air Force Yea May 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State Yea May 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Reed Rubinstein to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State Yea May 12, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol and to have the rank of Ambassador Yea May 12, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Monica Crowley to be Chief of Protocol and to have the rank of Ambassador Yea May 12, 2025 Cloture Motion 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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