John Cornyn

Republican US Senator from Texas

A Senator from Texas; born in Houston, Texas, on February 2, 1952; B.A., Trinity University 1973; J.D., St. Marys School of Law 1977; LLM, University of Virginia 1995; attorney; Bexar County district court judge 1984-1990; Texas supreme court 1990-1997; Texas state attorney general 1999-2002; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002; subsequently appointed to the remainder of the term left vacant by the resignation of William Philip Gramm, and took the oath of office on December 2, 2002; reelected in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015; Republican Conference vice-chair (2007-2009); chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee (2009-2012); Republican party whip (2013-).

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Drew Brandewie Congressional Staffer

• Communications Director (Jun '15→?) [+2]

• Press Secretary (Aug '11→Jun '15)

• Deputy Press Secretary (Sep '09→Sep '11)

Beth Jafari Chief of Staff - John Cornyn

• Chief of Staff ('08→?) [+1]

• Legislative Director (Jan 1 '03→May 1 '07)

Brent Blevins Senior Policy Advisor at U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

• legislative assistant (Nov '17→Feb '19)

Brian T. Fitzpatrick

• Special Counsel for Supreme Court Nominations ('05→'06)

Court Koenning

• Special Advisor (past)*

J D Vance Ohio U.S. Senator (2023-), "Hillbilly Elegy" author, former Peter Thiel principal

• law clerk (May '11→Jul '11)

Noah Joshua Phillips Trump Federal Trade Commissioner

• Chief Counsel ('11→May 2 '18)

Christine E Bruno Lobbyist and former Legislative Correspondent for John Cornyn

• Legislative Correspondent (Jul 2 '07→May 8 '08)

Brian J Walsh Co-Founder, Rokk Solutions; Republican communications director

• Communications Director (Jun '06→Jan '09)

Positions

The Texas State Society of Washington, D.C. Fraternity of Texans in DC

• President ('08→'09)

Government Positions

Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees

• Ranking Member

Senate Select Committee on Ethics

• Ranking Member

Airland Subcommittee

• Ranking Member

Donors

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American Hospital Association Association of hospitals and health care networks

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('19→'20)

Constellation Brands Inc Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('17→'18)

Hewlett Packard Company PAC

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('13→'14)

American Airlines Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 7,500 USD ('13→'14)

Oracle USA Inc. Political Action Committee (Oracle PAC)

• Donation/Grant · 7,500 USD ('19→'20)

Gilead Sciences Inc Healthcare Policy PAC

• Donation/Grant · 6,000 USD ('19→'20)

Life Technologies Corporation Employees Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 5,000 USD ('13→'14)

Burger King Corporation Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 5,000 USD ('07→'08)

Alan Helfman Car Dealership Owner

• Political Donation · 300 USD (Feb 21 '14) [+2]

• Donation/Grant

• Donation/Grant

Cornyn Majority Committee; the

• Other Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Phil Gramm US Representative and Senator from Texas

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('95)

Kay Bailey Hutchison Permanent Representative to NATO. former US Senator from Texas

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('93)

Campaign Donors

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Howard H Leach Leach Capital, LLC

• 3 contributions · 225,000 USD (Feb 19 '19→Jan 31 '20)

Harlan Crow Crow Holdings

• 2 contributions · 163,700 USD (Mar 8 '19→Oct 5 '20)

Thomas E McInerney Bluff Point Associates

• 2 contributions · 152,800 USD (Aug 6 '19→Jul 17 '20)

Charles Richard Saulsbury Jr EVP - Corporate Strategy, Saulsbury Industries

• 5 contributions · 100,150 USD (Feb 20 '20→Feb 2 '22)

Craig Estey Nevada Restaurant Services

• 1 contribution · 100,000 USD (Sep 24 '19)

George Seay III Founder of the Seay Stewardship & Investment Co.; Chairman, Annandale Capital and grandson of former Texas Governor Bill Clements

• 3 contributions · 93,500 USD (Mar 29 '19→Sep 16 '20)

Trevor Rees-Jones Chief Oil & Gas

• 2 contributions · 90,000 USD (Oct 8 '19)

Stephen I Chazen President, CEO & Chairman of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation

• 2 contributions · 60,000 USD (Mar 14 '19→Feb 7 '20)

John L Nau III Silver Eagle Distributors - Houston

• 2 contributions · 50,700 USD (Mar 22 '19→Sep 28 '20)

Phil Ruffin Las Vegas billionaire

• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD (Apr 30 '19)

Memberships

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Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Nov 30 '02→Jan 3 '27)

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

Senate Finance Committee

• Member

St. Mary's University, School of Law At St. Mary's University, we combine our tradition of excellence in legal education with new programs and methodologies that prepare our students for the practice of law in a changing world.

• Member

Airland Subcommittee

• Member

the Constitution Subcommittee

• Member

Senate Select Committee on Ethics

• Member

Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee

• Member

Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees

• Member

Services & Transactions

Futures Command United States Army Futures Command (AFC) is a United States Army command that runs modernization projects headquartered in Austin, Texas.

• Service/Transaction

Schools

St. Mary's University, School of Law At St. Mary's University, we combine our tradition of excellence in legal education with new programs and methodologies that prepare our students for the practice of law in a changing world.

• JD (?→'77)

Trinity University

• BA (?→'73)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Texas Public Policy Foundation Conservative Policy think tank, publishes "Veritas"

• Affiliation

Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Conservative organization focused on energy, environmental and security issues

• Recognizes as 'Clean Energy Champion' ('19→?)*