John Cornyn

Service history

25 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2002

Senator TX 2002–present

Background

background Born February 2, 1952 in Houston; a former judge and graduate of Trinity University and two law schools
background Served as a Texas district judge, an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1991-1997), and Attorney General of Texas (1999-2002)
role A Republican; senior U.S. Senator for Texas since 2002
role Chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee (2009-2013) and served as Senate Republican whip (2013-2019)
achievement Helped negotiate passage of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
controversy Lost the 2026 Republican Senate primary runoff to Ken Paxton, the first incumbent Texas senator to lose renomination since 1970

Campaign finance

2004 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. Senate TX · 2026 General Election

$2,274,152 raised
$1,265,175 spent
$1,037,562 cash on hand

	$2.27M
Transfers from other committees	$750.00
	$1.27M
Operating expenditures	$1.21M
Cash on hand	$1.04M
Debts owed by committee	$6.34K

Through December 31, 2004 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2004)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

John Cornyn campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
2002	$9,798,366	$9,769,780	$28,587
2004	$2,274,152	$1,265,175	$1,037,562
2006	$3,324,712	$1,275,005	$3,087,270
2008	$13,727,473	$16,454,518	$360,227
2010	$2,542,288	$1,116,658	$1,785,856
2012	$1,790,931	$905,130	$2,671,655
2014	$11,405,135	$10,202,184	$2,911,783
2016	$1,318,698	$1,333,839	$2,896,642
2018	$4,442,540	$1,549,054	$5,790,126
2020	$28,609,182	$33,765,848	$633,461
2022	$2,279,853	$1,317,433	$1,595,881
2024	$3,377,426	$851,025	$4,122,283
2026	$8,604,234	$12,184,397	$542,120

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

98.9%
Roll-call participation →
voted in 890 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
135
Bills sponsored →
plus 310 cosponsored

A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
3
Sponsored bills enacted →
of 135 bills sponsored

Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
100%
Party-unity voting →
votes with the party majority · median 100% · on 770 party-line votes

Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.
0%
Cross-party voting →
votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.
0
Documented positions →
no positions documented yet

Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
17
Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees

Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.
3
Documented relationships →
neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for John Cornyn. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

98.9%

of Senate roll calls voted Senate median 100.0% · −1.1 pts below median

654Yea 226Nay 0Present 10Not voting

Full voting record (890 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 890 of 890 recorded roll calls

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Committee assignments (17)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $2,337,829. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Finance $205,500 · 53 PACs
Health $91,500 · 22 PACs
Energy $90,150 · 23 PACs
Technology $64,000 · 18 PACs
Defense $49,000 · 11 PACs
Telecom $17,500 · 5 PACs

Top PAC contributors (10)

GOOGLE NETPAC $15,000 · Technology
TRUE NORTH PAC $15,000
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUND $15,000
PETER NORBECK LEADERSHIP PAC $15,000
LANK PAC $15,000
DIRIGO PAC $15,000
CONSERVATIVES HARVESTING SUCCESS PAC $15,000
COMMON VALUES PAC $15,000
AMERICAN EXCELLENCE PAC $15,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES' PAC $15,000 · Defense

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

CAPITAL GROUP $22,500
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $16,500
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $13,686
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $13,200
BLACKSTONE $12,600
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS $10,500
THE CAPITAL GROUP $10,000
THE CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES $10,000
CRESTVIEW PARTNERS $9,900
DELL TECHNOLOGIES $8,800

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

2026 cycle $6,382,242 supporting · $2,002,553 opposing · 11 outside groups

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Issue positions (12)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

AbortionFull support from votes
Climate & EnergyPartial oppose from votes
Criminal JusticeOppose from votes
DefenseFull support from votes
Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
EducationPartial support from votes
Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes
HealthcarePartial support from votes
HousingFull support from votes
ImmigrationOppose from votes
Labor & WagesFull support from votes
Technology & PrivacyFull support from votes

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Cornyn, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

Sits on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy, which oversees the health sector, and received 22 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $91,500 (recent cycles).

PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

Committees Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy · Member

FEC PAC contributions
Committee oversight & campaign money — energy coverage: medium

Sits on the Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, which oversees the energy sector, and received 23 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $90,150 (recent cycles).

PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

Committees Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure · Member

FEC PAC contributions
Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

Sits on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law, which oversee the technology sector, and received 18 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $64,000 (recent cycles).

PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

Committees Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Member Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law · Member

FEC PAC contributions

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Cornyn most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Cornyn connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.