Difference between revisions of "John Cornyn"
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
|spouse=Sandy Cornyn | |spouse=Sandy Cornyn | ||
|children=Two children | |children=Two children | ||
| − | |occupation=[[ | + | |occupation=[[Attorney]] |
|religion=[[Church of Christ]] | |religion=[[Church of Christ]] | ||
|birth_date=February 2, 1952 | |birth_date=February 2, 1952 | ||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
|preceded2=Daniel C. "Dan" Morales | |preceded2=Daniel C. "Dan" Morales | ||
|succeeded2=[[Greg Abbott]] | |succeeded2=[[Greg Abbott]] | ||
| − | |office3=Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court | + | |office3=Associate Justice of<br> the Texas Supreme Court |
|term_start3=January 2, 1991 | |term_start3=January 2, 1991 | ||
|term_end3=October 18, 1997 | |term_end3=October 18, 1997 | ||
|preceded3=Franklin Spears | |preceded3=Franklin Spears | ||
|succeeded3=Deborah Hankinson | |succeeded3=Deborah Hankinson | ||
| − | |office4=Judge of the Texas 37th Judicial District Court | + | |office4=Judge of the Texas<br> 37th Judicial District Court |
|term_start4=January 1, 1985 | |term_start4=January 1, 1985 | ||
|term_end4=January 1, 1991 | |term_end4=January 1, 1991 | ||
Revision as of 16:35, December 27, 2019
| John Cornyn, III | |
 | |
United States Senator from Texas
| |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 2, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Gramm |
|---|---|
Texas State Attorney General
| |
| In office January 1999 – December 2, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel C. "Dan" Morales |
| Succeeded by | Greg Abbott |
Associate Justice of
the Texas Supreme Court | |
| In office January 2, 1991 – October 18, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Franklin Spears |
| Succeeded by | Deborah Hankinson |
Judge of the Texas
37th Judicial District Court | |
| In office January 1, 1985 – January 1, 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Woods |
| Succeeded by | Ann-Marie Aaron |
| Born | February 2, 1952 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sandy Cornyn |
| Children | Two children |
| Alma mater | Trinity University St. Mary's University Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Church of Christ |
John Cornyn, III (born February 2, 1952, in Houston, Texas), is the Moderate Republican senior United States Senator from Texas, considered a leader in the RINO wing of his party in contrast to his more conservative colleague, Ted Cruz.
Although somewhat conservative in his first term,[1] Cornyn today is largely controlled by Republican Party moderates and liberals. He serves on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Budget Committee, Finance Committee, and Judiciary Committee. As the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2012, Senator Cornyn pulled $5 million in spending out of the toss-up Missouri race because the embattled pro-life nominee, Todd Akin, spoke out too much for the unborn. In October 2017, Cornyn announced he would block the confirmation of Russ Vought, a strong conservative, to the important position of Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget because he wanted the federal government to appropriate even more money than it already had for the state of Texas after a hurricane.[2][3][4][5]
In 2017, Cornyn holds the No. 2 position in the U.S. Senate, called the "Majority Whip." His Senate seat was once held by Lyndon B. Johnson, Johnson's permanent successor, John Tower, the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction, and Phil Gramm, Cornyn's predecessor from 1985 to 2002.
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. In 1990, Cornyn was elected to the Texas Supreme Court. In 1998, he was elected state attorney general. After Republican Senator Phil Gramm announced his retirement Cornyn entered the race to succeed him, and defeated the Democratic nominee, Mayor Ron Kirk of Dallas, a liberal African-American. He was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2008 and in 2014, defeated conservatives Steve Stockman and Dwayne Stovall in the Republican senatorial primary for his third six-year term.
In the primary scheduled for March 3, 2020, Cornyn will face businessman Mark Spencer Yancey (born September 26, 1957), a largely unknown conservative grass-roots candidate from Dallas who is uncommitted to special interest groups and calls himself a "Common Sense Republican."[6] Yancey faces a herculean task because of Cornyn's high name recognition among voters. The Republican nominee will face a Democratic senatorial candidate in the pending general election on November 3, 2020.
External links
References
- ↑ In 2006, The National Journal ranked Cornyn as the fourth most conservative Senator. [1]
- ↑ Wegmann, Philip (October 20, 2017). John Cornyn holds top White House nominee for ransom. Washington Examiner. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ↑ Pandolfo, Chris (October 20, 2017). John Cornyn holds conservative nominee hostage for Swamp kickback. Conservative Review. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ↑ Swan, Jonathan (October 19, 2017). John Cornyn holds up top White House nominee. Axios. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ↑ Brian, Darling (October 23, 2017). Darling: John Cornyn Holds Trump’s OMB Pick Hostage to Extract Petty Revenge on Conservatives. Breitbart News. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ↑ Meet Mark Yancey (December 27, 2019).