{"id":688,"date":"2026-08-31T14:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/?p=688"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:37:21","slug":"john-cornyn","status":"publish","type":"cpt_politics","link":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/politics\/john-cornyn\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cornyn"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"688\" class=\"elementor elementor-688\" data-elementor-post-type=\"cpt_politics\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ce5f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57ce5f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9142fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9142fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">John Cornyn<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c6156 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1c6156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">U.S. Senator - Texas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d7c19a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9d7c19a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bce2c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bce2c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">United States Senate - In office since 2002; term ends January 2027<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77bcc4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77bcc4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb40cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb40cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2842287 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2842287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>John Cornyn has represented Texas in the U.S. Senate since 2002 and previously served as Texas Attorney General and on the Texas Supreme Court. Seeking a fifth term in 2026, he was forced into a runoff and lost the Republican nomination to Attorney General Ken Paxton on May 26, 2026, taking 36 percent to Paxton 64 percent. He is the first sitting Texas senator to lose renomination since 1970. His term runs through January 2027.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6ede8 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fd6ede8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/senators-contact.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Official Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-va-duty e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"va-duty\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-va-duty-h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"va-duty-h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What your U.S. Senator does for you<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-va-duty-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"va-duty-t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Represents the entire state of Texas in the U.S. Senate. Votes on federal legislation, confirms federal judges and cabinet officials, and ratifies treaties. Handles casework for Texans dealing with federal agencies. <strong>6-year term, elected statewide.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cornyn has represented Texas in the U.S. Senate since 2002 and previously served as Texas Attorney General and on the Texas Supreme Court. Seeking a fifth term in 2026, he was forced into a runoff and lost the Republican nomination to Attorney General Ken Paxton on May 26, 2026,[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1820,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_politics-category":0},"politics-category":[],"class_list":["post-688","cpt_politics","type-cpt_politics","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_politics"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"politics-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/politics-category?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}