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John Cornyn

U.S. Senator from Texas

John Cornyn is a U.S. Senator from Texas, a Republican who has held the seat since December 2, 2002. He was previously a state district judge, a member of the Texas Supreme Court and Texas attorney general, and was Senate Republican Whip from 2013 to 2019.

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Background

Biography

John Cornyn was born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in San Antonio. He graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio in 1973 with a degree in journalism and earned a law degree from St. Mary's Law School in 1977, then joined a San Antonio law firm. He earned a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia in 1995.

In 1984 he won a state district judge seat in Bexar County. After six years he was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and reelected in 1996. He was later elected Texas attorney general.

Cornyn was elected to the Senate on November 5, 2002. Senate records show he was then appointed to complete the term ending January 3, 2003, and his service dates from December 2, 2002. He was reelected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. He served as Senate Republican Whip from 2013 to 2019 and sits on the Finance, Judiciary, Intelligence, Foreign Relations, and Budget committees.

119th Congress

The voting record at a glance

Every Senate roll-call position in the current Congress that Voteview associates with this member. Data current through Oct 1, 2026.

Recorded votes: 915
Participation: 98.6%
Yea / nay: 670 / 232
Latest vote: Sep 30, 2026

Recorded positions

Latest roll-call votes

Position, question, result, tally, and source are shown together so readers can inspect the record without leaving the page.

Date	Position	Roll call	Issue	Result
Sep 30, 2026	Not voting	PN1129On the NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗	Nominations	Nomination Confirmed47–41
Sep 30, 2026	Yea	PN1129On the Cloture MotionKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗	Other floor business	Cloture Motion Agreed to53–47
Sep 30, 2026	Yea	HR9340On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected57–43
Sep 30, 2026	Yea	HR7008On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected53–47
Sep 29, 2026	Nay	SRES852On the Motion to DischargeA resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗	International Affairs	Motion to Discharge Rejected47–51
Sep 29, 2026	Nay	SJRES197On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗	Health	Motion to Proceed Rejected48–51
Sep 28, 2026	Yea	S4668On Passage of the BillA bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗	Education	Bill Passed77–22
Sep 28, 2026	Nay	S4668On the AmendmentTo establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Rejected47–52
Sep 28, 2026	Nay	S4668On the AmendmentTo increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.Official roll call ↗	Health	Amendment Rejected49–50
Sep 28, 2026	Nay	S4668On the AmendmentTo limit price increases for college athletics tickets.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Rejected42–54
Sep 28, 2026	Not voting	S4668On the AmendmentTo improve the bill.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Rejected1–94
Sep 28, 2026	Not voting	S4668On the AmendmentTo modify the provision relating to the relationship of this Act to existing law.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Agreed to96–1

Browse all 915 recorded votes

Patterns in the record

Vote leaning and issue mix

These are descriptive measures of roll-call behavior, not judgments about truthfulness, effectiveness, or constituent approval.

Vote leaningMore conservative

+0.471

Based on 897 roll-call observations in the 119th Congress. This is Voteview DW-NOMINATE, an estimate from roll-call behavior—not a Baseline rating. Read the method ↗ or see our evidence rules.

Issue record

Where roll calls fall

Other floor business254

Nominations125

Crime and law enforcement116

Economics and public finance110

Armed forces and national security85

Health57

Environmental protection48

Policy areas come from Voteview’s Congressional Research Service fields, with plain-language fallback categories when no CRS label is supplied.

Source: Voteview members’ votes ↗. Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, and Sonnet (2026), Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database.

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Recent coverage

What is being reported

Current reporting about John Cornyn, gathered through Brave Search. Headlines and summaries belong to their publishers and are not Baseline verdicts.

thehill.comOct 16, 2026

Trump: No regrets endorsing Paxton because 'Cornyn would have lost'

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Senator · Texas · Republican

John Cornyn

U.S. Senator from Texas

See the full voting record

Background

Biography

In 1984 he won a state district judge seat in Bexar County. After six years he was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and reelected in 1996. He was later elected Texas attorney general.

119th Congress

The voting record at a glance

Every Senate roll-call position in the current Congress that Voteview associates with this member. Data current through Oct 1, 2026.

Recorded votes: 915
Participation: 98.6%
Yea / nay: 670 / 232
Latest vote: Sep 30, 2026

Recorded positions

Latest roll-call votes

Position, question, result, tally, and source are shown together so readers can inspect the record without leaving the page.

Date	Position	Roll call	Issue	Result
Sep 30, 2026	Not voting	PN1129On the NominationKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗	Nominations	Nomination Confirmed47–41
Sep 30, 2026	Yea	PN1129On the Cloture MotionKeith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborOfficial roll call ↗	Other floor business	Cloture Motion Agreed to53–47
Sep 30, 2026	Yea	HR9340On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected57–43
Sep 30, 2026	Yea	HR7008On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedA bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected53–47
Sep 29, 2026	Nay	SRES852On the Motion to DischargeA resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗	International Affairs	Motion to Discharge Rejected47–51
Sep 29, 2026	Nay	SJRES197On the Motion to ProceedA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".Bill record ↗Official roll call ↗	Health	Motion to Proceed Rejected48–51
Sep 28, 2026	Yea	S4668On Passage of the BillA bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.Official roll call ↗	Education	Bill Passed77–22
Sep 28, 2026	Nay	S4668On the AmendmentTo establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Rejected47–52
Sep 28, 2026	Nay	S4668On the AmendmentTo increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.Official roll call ↗	Health	Amendment Rejected49–50
Sep 28, 2026	Nay	S4668On the AmendmentTo limit price increases for college athletics tickets.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Rejected42–54
Sep 28, 2026	Not voting	S4668On the AmendmentTo improve the bill.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Rejected1–94
Sep 28, 2026	Not voting	S4668On the AmendmentTo modify the provision relating to the relationship of this Act to existing law.Official roll call ↗	Other floor business	Amendment Agreed to96–1

Browse all 915 recorded votes

Patterns in the record

Vote leaning and issue mix

These are descriptive measures of roll-call behavior, not judgments about truthfulness, effectiveness, or constituent approval.

Vote leaningMore conservative

+0.471

Based on 897 roll-call observations in the 119th Congress. This is Voteview DW-NOMINATE, an estimate from roll-call behavior—not a Baseline rating. Read the method ↗ or see our evidence rules.

Issue record

Where roll calls fall

Other floor business254

Nominations125

Crime and law enforcement116

Economics and public finance110

Armed forces and national security85

Health57

Environmental protection48

Policy areas come from Voteview’s Congressional Research Service fields, with plain-language fallback categories when no CRS label is supplied.

Source: Voteview members’ votes ↗. Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal, Boche, Rudkin, and Sonnet (2026), Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database.

The Baseline desk

Published claim checks

Claim checks are reviewed editorial work. They are separate from the voting-data summaries above.

No published checks yet

When The Baseline verifies and publishes a check on a claim by John Cornyn, it will appear here with its evidence and primary sources. An empty record is not a rating.

Recent coverage

What is being reported

Current reporting about John Cornyn, gathered through Brave Search. Headlines and summaries belong to their publishers and are not Baseline verdicts.

thehill.comOct 16, 2026

Trump: No regrets endorsing Paxton because 'Cornyn would have lost'

Read the original report ↗

Biography

The voting record at a glance

Latest roll-call votes

Vote leaning and issue mix

Where roll calls fall

Published claim checks

What is being reported

Trump: No regrets endorsing Paxton because 'Cornyn would have lost'

Also from Texas

Biography

The voting record at a glance

Latest roll-call votes

Vote leaning and issue mix

Where roll calls fall

Published claim checks

What is being reported

Trump: No regrets endorsing Paxton because 'Cornyn would have lost'

Also from Texas