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U.S. Senator for Texas
John Cornyn is a Republican U.S. senator from Texas. His official Senate biography records that he was first elected to the Senate in 2002 after earlier service as a state district judge, justice of the Texas Supreme Court and Texas attorney general.
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John Cornyn is a Republican U.S. senator from Texas. His official Senate biography records that he was first elected to the Senate in 2002 after earlier service as a state district judge, justice of the Texas Supreme Court and Texas attorney general.
Open biography & office record ↓John Cornyn is a Republican U.S. senator from Texas. His official Senate biography records that he was first elected to the Senate in 2002 after earlier service as a state district judge, justice of the Texas Supreme Court and Texas attorney general.
Cornyn's Senate biography records that Republican senators selected him as Republican Whip from 2013 through 2019. His current official committee page lists assignments on Finance, Judiciary, Intelligence, Foreign Relations and Budget.
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