John Cornyn

RepublicanState R+6119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score30#72 of 100 senators across tracked bills

Contact John Cornyn’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-224-2934 Send a message

Washington, D.C. office

517 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

cornyn.senate.gov

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal

Strong
Backs 6 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 434, S. 836, S. 843, S. 1437 and 1 more.

Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal

Medium
Votes with Senate RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.471 (party median +0.558; rank 21 of 53 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 96 (avg 88); LCV 3 (avg 3).

Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
Senate class: Class 2
Seniority: Senior senator
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 23.9 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics ControlChairman
Majority · 1st in seniority
Joint Committee on Taxation
Majority · 3rd in seniority
Senate Committee on Finance
Majority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

Cornyn

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Their score of +0.471 is 0.09 to the left of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average

119th Congress96
Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Swing score for John Cornyn on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 22SAVE ActSummary on Congress.gov	No position yet	30	Middle
S. 5521Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov