| | John Cornyn III was born in 1952 to John Cornyn II and Atholene Dale Cornyn. His father was an air force officer, and he attended a high school in Japan at a U.S. base after his family moved there.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Cornyn John Cornyn]</ref> | | John Cornyn III was born in 1952 to John Cornyn II and Atholene Dale Cornyn. His father was an air force officer, and he attended a high school in Japan at a U.S. base after his family moved there.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Cornyn John Cornyn]</ref> |
| − | Cornyn is a graduate of Trinity University and St. Mary’s School of Law (both in [[San Antonio]] in Bexar County) and earned a Masters of Law from the [[University of Virginia]] Law School in Charlottesville. He was a state district court judge in Bexar County from 1985 to 1991. | + | Cornyn is a graduate of Trinity University and St. Mary's School of Law (both in [[San Antonio]] in Bexar County) and earned a Masters of Law from the [[University of Virginia]] Law School in Charlottesville. He was a state district court judge in Bexar County from 1985 to 1991. |
| | 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. 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. | | 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. 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. |