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 "Hillbilly Elegy" author, Peter Thiel employee

• 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

Constellation Brands Inc Political Action Committee

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

Hewlett Packard Company PAC

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 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

Cornyn-Texas Victory Committee

• Other Campaign Committee

Texans for Senator John Cornyn Inc

• Principal 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)

Thomas E McInerney Bluff Point Associates

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

Craig Estey Nevada Restaurant Services

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

Trevor Rees-Jones Chief Oil & Gas

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

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)

Leonard Blavatnik Russian-American billionaire, knighted by the the Queen of England

• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD (Apr 15 '19)

Kenny Troutt Dallas billionaire; Founded Excel Communications in 1988; CEO, Mount Vernon Investments

• 4 contributions · 47,100 USD (Feb 19 '19→May 14 '21)

Lee Bass American oil company heir, businessman and philanthropist.

• 14 contributions · 40,800 USD ('01→Mar 31 '13)

Charles Saulsbury Founder of Saulsbury Industries - engineering work in oil and gas

• 4 contributions · 31,900 USD (Apr 23 '19→Jan 28 '21)

Memberships

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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

Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee

• Member

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→?)*