John Cornyn
Republican · TX · U.S. Senate
John Cornyn is not among the listed candidates for this seat — the seat is still up in 2026. James Talarico vs. Ken Paxton.
D +18 points of win probability since January.
Bio
John Cornyn III is an American politician and former judge who is the senior United States senator for Texas, a seat he has held since 2002. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 23.8 years
- First took office
- 2002 (5 terms)
- Seniority
- 20 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 74
- Senate class
- 2 · senior senator
- Senate Minority Whip · 2013–2015
- Senate Majority Whip · 2015–2019
- Austin, TX · 512-469-6034
- Dallas, TX · 972-239-1310
- Lubbock, TX · 806-472-7533
- San Antonio, TX · 210-224-7485
- Tyler, TX · 903-593-0902
- Houston, TX · 713-572-3337
- Harlingen, TX · 956-423-0162
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $1.0M – $2.6M
- Liabilities
- $315k – $650k
- Net worth
- $392k – $2.3M
- Since 2018
- +$1.2M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
John Cornyn's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
John Cornyn (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.
Do you vote like Cornyn?
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Caucuses & committees
Where Cornynsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Joint Committee on Taxationcenter · 10 members
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligencecenter · 21 members
- Senate Committee on the Budgetcenter · 20 members
- Senate Committee on Financecenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relationscenter · 22 members
- Senate Committee on the Judiciarycenter · 21 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Cornyn's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
What Ken Paxton Alleges About John Cornyn in Leaked AudioTexas has been full of leaks in the buildup to the midterm elections, with the latest recording obtained by CNN purportedly exposing the strained relationship between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Senator John Cornyn, who lost his bid for reelect…
Biztoc.com · October 10, 2026
Ken Paxton took at least 17 trips while suspended — and taxpayers paid for his securityIn the summer of 2023, after he was impeached on charges of abusing his office for personal gain, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was suspended and barred from conducting any official business for more than three months while awaiting trial in the state Sen…
Raw Story · October 9, 2026
More leaked audio reveals Ken Paxton's bitter rival thinks he'll lose: 'We need to teach Republicans a lesson'More Ken Paxton audio has leaked, and this time he's accusing Senator John Cornyn of wanting
Dailymail.com · October 9, 2026
Ken Paxton Accuses John Cornyn Of Hoping He Loses Texas Senate Race, Audio ShowsThe remarks reveal the lingering discord between the Republicans in the tightening battle.
HuffPost · October 9, 2026
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