John Cornyn
John Cornyn, III (born February 2, 1952 Houston, Texas), is the Moderate Republican senior United States Senator from Texas and a leading RINO Backer in the party. Although somewhat conservative in his first term,[1] Cornyn today is little more than a puppet for liberals in the Republican Party. He currently serves on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Budget Committee, Finance Committee, and Judiciary Committee. Cornyn is chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and pulled $5 million in spending out of the toss-up Missouri race for the U.S. Senate in 2012 because pro-life Todd Akin spoke out too much for the unborn.
| John Cornyn, III | |
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United States Senator from Texas
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 2, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Gramm |
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Texas State Attorney General
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| In office January 1999 – December 2, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel C. "Dan" Morales |
| Succeeded by | Greg Abbott |
Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
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| In office January 2, 1991 – October 18, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Franklin Spears |
| Born | February 2, 1952 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sandy Cornyn |
| Children | Two children |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Church of Christ |
In 2017, Cornyn holds the #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. 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.