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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 (76 percent) and defeated two conservative businessmen. One of those rivals, [[Mark Yancey]], a largely unknown grass-roots candidate from [[Dallas]] who claimed to have been 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 412,897 votes (22.3 percent) and veteran state Senator Royce West, an [[African-American]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who drew 269,028 (14.5 percent). Narrowly edged out of the Democratic runoff is the Hispanic activist Cristina Tzintzan Ramirez, who received 244,705 votes (13.2 percent).  

In the primary held on March 3, 2020, Cornyn polled 1,481,357 unofficial votes (76 percent) and defeated four intra-party opponents. [[Mark Yancey]], a largely unknown grass-roots candidate from [[Dallas]] who claimed to have been 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. He polled 118,362 votes (6.1 percent). 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 412,897 votes (22.3 percent) and veteran state Senator Royce West, an [[African-American]] from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who drew 269,028 (14.5 percent). Narrowly edged out of the Democratic runoff is the Hispanic activist Cristina Tzintzan Ramirez, who received 244,705 votes (13.2 percent).  

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.

Also in the Republican primary was a 2014 primary candidate, [[Dwayne Stovall]], who finished second in 2020 with 231,294 votes (12 percent), 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.

 

Turnout in the Democratic Senate primary was 1,853,323 votes; all of the Republican Senate candidates received a total of 1,926,477 votes, or 73,000 more than the field of Democratic candidates.

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