Texas Senate Race

Incumbent	John Cornyn
Party	Republican
Seeking Re-election?	Yes
Candidate Website	Senate Website Campaign Website
Polling	SurveyUSA tracking
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on John Cornyn

Challenger	Rick Noriega
Party	Democratic - State Rep in District 145
Source of Information	Houston Chronicle, 7/8/07 American-Statesman, 7/11
Candidate Website	Campaign Website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Rick Noriega
Fundraising Link	ActBlue

Background Information

Senator John Cornyn, a one-term Republican incumbent, is due for his first re-election campaign in 2008. Cornyn is a staunch conservative and Bush-ally, in favor of constitutionally outlawing equal rights for gay Americans, in favor of strict abortion criminalization, has a consistent voting record against public schools, is a major proponent of big-oil corporations. Cornyn has been rated 100% by the Christian Coalition, an "A" from the NRA, and given very low marks from national teachers associations, NARAL, enviromental organizations, and senior citizens organizations.

Four Democrats ran in the March 4 primary election to challenge Cornyn. State Rep. Richard J. (Rick) Noriega won the primary by a substantial margin, receiving 51% of the vote.

FEC numbers indicate that Cornyn raised just under 10 million dollars for his first election campaign in 2002. The most recent SurveyUSA polling (11/12/06, MoE 4.1%) indicates that Cornyn has an approval rating of 45% (42% disapprove). This makes him the 89th most popular Senator, or the 11th most unpopular Senator.

Note: Cornyn may have ties to convicted mega-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Resources

Below you will find resources relating to the 2008 TX-Sen race.

Cornyn (R- incumbent)

2002 Campaign website
Wikipedia: John Cornyn
Congresspedia: John Cornyn
On The Issues: John Cornyn
Stop Cornyn website

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