Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

John Cornyn

Official portrait of John Cornyn
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Texas (class 2)
Party
Republican
Born
1952
In Congress
Senate since 2002 · 23 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CORNYN, JOHN SEN
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Texas with the whole state highlighted

Texas

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · TexasIncumbentWon the general election (53.51%)

FEC candidate ID S2TX00106 · Principal campaign committee: TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC.

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Texas$8,608,609.91Lost primary runoff
2019–2020U.S. Senate · Texas$28,614,523.43Won the general election (53.51%)
Total raised$28,614,523.43
Total spent$33,771,189.09
Cash on hand$633,460.69
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $18,604,183.72PACs and other committees: $2,627,788.43Party committees: $45,100.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $6,491,564.21Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $845,887.07
  • Individual contributions$18,604,183.7265%
  • PACs and other committees$2,627,788.439%
  • Party committees$45,100.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$6,491,564.2123%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$845,887.073%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

728 committees reported giving $3,444,223.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting John Sen Cornyn$4,005,193.25
  • Independent expenditures opposing John Sen Cornyn$15,221,950.55
  • Company and union communications to members about John Sen Cornyn$412,061.18

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Texas U.S. Senate, 2020 · 17 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Sen Cornyn (R)$28,614,523.43$633,460.692020-12-31
Mary Jennings Mj Hegar (D)$29,597,569.83$86,564.802020-12-31
Royce West (D)$2,077,257.64$3,095.522020-12-31
Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez (D)$1,218,354.08$58,314.662020-12-31
Amanda Edwards (D)$1,013,503.56$758.942020-09-30
Robert Christopher Bell (D)$399,244.98$2,322.272020-12-31
Dwayne Stovall (R)$101,864.00$770.072020-05-06
Mark Spencer Yancey (R)$86,543.09$0.002020-06-30
Anne Garcia (D)$82,008.43$0.002020-05-05
John Benard Love III (D)$31,533.45$1,255.852020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
SwayableOctober 27 – November 1, 20201,042 (LV)± 4%John Cornyn 56.5% · MJ Hegar 43.5%
Data For ProgressOctober 27 – November 1, 2020926 (LV)±3.2%John Cornyn 50% · MJ Hegar 47%
Emerson CollegeOctober 29–31, 2020763 (LV)±3.5%John Cornyn 51% · MJ Hegar 47%
Morning ConsultOctober 22–31, 20203,267 (LV)± 2%John Cornyn 47% · MJ Hegar 43%
Gravis MarketingOctober 27–28, 2020670 (LV)± 3.8%John Cornyn 49% · MJ Hegar 43%
RMG Research/PoliticalIQOctober 27–28, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%John Cornyn 48% · MJ Hegar 42%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in Texas (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC..
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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