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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

Candidate Website Candidate Website

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Fundraising Link ActBlue Withdrawn Challenger Mikal Watts - San Antonio Attorney Party Democratic Source of Information media reports, 10/23/07 Candidate Website Other Resources Congresspedia profile on Mikal Watts Withdrawn Challenger Emil Reichstadt- Dallas Attorney Party Democratic Source of Information Capitol Annex, Burnt Orange Report Candidate Website Other Resources Congresspedia profile on Emil Reichstadt Potential Challenger John T. Montford, fmr. St. Sen. and Texas Tech Pres. Party Democratic Source of Information Texas Political Resource Page, 7/9/07	Potential Challenger John Sharp Party Democratic Source of Information Burnt Orange Report, Hotline, Austin American Statesmen blogActBlue

Challenger Larry Kilgore
Party Republican Source of Information Wikipedia, Our Campaigns, Politics1 Candidate Websites Elect Larry Kilgore Campaign Blog, Larry Kilgore for Texas,
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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

Take Action

ActBlue Democratic Nominee Fund for TX-Sen 2008

Local Blogs
Stop Cornyn
Burnt Orange Report
Texas Kaos