Official portrait of John Cornyn
U.S. Senate

John Cornyn

U.S. Senator from Texas

Party
Republican
In office since
November 30, 2002
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for U.S. Senate in Texas

Candidates registered with the FEC for the Texas Senate seat in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
James TalaricoDemocrat$69M$22M
John CornynIncumbentRepublican$14M$542K
Jasmine CrockettDemocrat$11M$0
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.Republican$9.2M$1.8M
Colin AllredDemocrat$7.6M$708
Wesley HuntRepublican$2.1M$29K

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through August 13, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments7
  • United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlChairman
  • Joint Committee on Taxation
  • Senate Committee on Finance
    • Taxation and IRS Oversight
    • Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
    • International Trade, Customs, and Global CompetitivenessChairman
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
    • East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
    • Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
    • Africa and Global Health Policy
  • Senate Committee on the Budget
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary
    • Border Security and ImmigrationChairman
    • the Constitution
    • Crime and Counterterrorism
    • Privacy, Technology, and the Law
  • Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Contact
Washington office
517 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

More on Cornyn: Congress.gov · FEC filings · Ballotpedia · Wikipedia · GovTrack