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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 138 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Nay Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 32 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Nay Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 123 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher R. Wolfe, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Yea Apr 14, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher R. Wolfe to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Yea Apr 14, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Thomas Shepherd, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Apr 14, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Apr 13, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Mar 26, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture on Husted Amdt. No. 4732 Yea Mar 26, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 103 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Mar 25, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Mar 25, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 107 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Mar 25, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 116 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Yea Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Yea Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to proceed to Legislative session Yea Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Mar 24, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colin McDonald to be an Assistant Attorney General Yea Mar 23, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Mar 23, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security Yea Mar 22, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Mar 21, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tuberville Amdt. No. 4421 to the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1383 with Amendment Yea Mar 21, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Yea Mar 20, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 118 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Nay Mar 18, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Yea Mar 17, 2026 Motion to Proceed 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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