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===Upcoming 2020 U.S. Senate election in Texas===

===Upcoming 2020 U.S. Senate election in Texas===

In the primary held on March 3, 2020, Cornyn polled 1,481,357 unofficial votes and defeated two conservative businessmen. One of those rivals, [[Mark Yancey]], a largely unknown grass-roots candidate from [[Dallas]] who is uncommitted to special interest groups and calls himself a "Common Sense Republican,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteformark.com/meet-mark/|title=Meet Mark Yancey|date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> faced a herculean task because of Cornyn's high name recognition among voters. Cornyn will henceforth face in the November 3 general election a Democratic senatorial candidate yet to be determined in a pending runoff between Mary "M.J." Hegar and state Senator Royce West, an [[African-American]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. Also in the race was a 2014 primary candidate, [[Dwayne Stovall]], who finished with 11 percent of the vote, slightly more percent-wise than he polled against Cornyn in the earlier 2014 primary.  Cornyn's primary total was 500 votes below that of the combined Democratic field, which attracted 1,481,896 unofficial votes.

In the primary held on March 3, 2020, Cornyn polled 1,481,357 unofficial votes and defeated two conservative businessmen. One of those rivals, [[Mark Yancey]], a largely unknown grass-roots candidate from [[Dallas]] who is uncommitted to special interest groups and calls himself a "Common Sense Republican,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteformark.com/meet-mark/|title=Meet Mark Yancey|date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> faced a herculean task because of Cornyn's high name recognition among voters. Cornyn will henceforth face in the November 3 general election a Democratic senatorial candidate yet to be determined in a pending runoff between Mary "M.J." Hegar, who polled 344,520 votes (23.3 percent) and Cristina Tzintzan Ramirez, who received 205,832 votes. In third place was veteran state Senator Royce West, an [[African-American]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].  

 

Also in the Republican primary was a 2014 primary candidate, [[Dwayne Stovall]], who finished in 2020 with 11 percent of the vote, slightly more percent-wise than he had polled against Cornyn in the earlier 2014 primary.  Cornyn's primary total was 500 votes below that of the combined Democratic field, which attracted 1,481,896 unofficial votes.

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