Biography
Political Highlights: Texas District Court judge, 1985-91; Texas Supreme Court, 1991-97; Texas attorney general, 1999-2002
Born: February 2, 1952; Houston, Texas
Residence: Austin
Religion: Non-denominational Christian
Family: Wife, Sandy Cornyn; two children
Education: Trinity U., B.A. 1973; St. Mary's U. (Texas), J.D. 1977; U. of Virginia, LL.M. 1995
Elected: 2002
Committee Assignments: Finance (Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure; International Trade, Customs & Global Competitiveness - Chairman; Taxation & IRS Oversight); Judiciary (Border Security and Immigration - Chairman; Constitution; Crime & Terrorism; Intellectual Property); Select Intelligence
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Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican
House Seniority: 16th ranked Senate Republican
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
2002 Election Results
Candidate
John Cornyn (R)
Ron Kirk (D)
Scott Jameson (LIBERT)
Roy Williams (GREEN)
James Wright
Votes
2,496,243
1,955,758
35,538
25,051
1,422
%
55.3%
43.3%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
John Cornyn (R)
Richard Noriega (D)
Yvonne Schick (LIBERT)
Votes
4,337,469
3,389,365
185,241
%
54.8%
42.8%
2.3%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
John Cornyn (R)
David Alameel (D)
Rebecca Paddock (LIBERT)
Emily Sanchez (GREEN)
Votes
2,861,531
1,597,387
133,751
54,701
%
61.6%
34.4%
2.9%
1.2%