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 (formed exploratory committee)	Mikal Watts - San Antonio Attorney
Party	Democratic
Source of Information	media reports The Hill, 7/10/07
Candidate Website	Exploratory Committee website
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Mikal Watts

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 (for his state rep race - not sure how long this stays up, but it has good info on Noriega)
Other Resources	Congresspedia profile on Rick Noriega

Challenger	Emil Reichstadt- Dallas Attorney
Party	Democratic
Source of Information	Capitol Annex
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
Candidate Website

Potential Challenger	Bill White
Party	Democratic - Mayor of Houston
Source of Information	Burnt Orange Report, Hotline
Candidate Website	Bill White for Mayor

Potential Challenger	John Sharp
Party	Democratic
Source of Information	Burnt Orange Report, Hotline, Austin American Statesmen blog
Candidate Website

Potential Challenger	Pete Gallego
Party	Democratic- State Rep in District 74
Source of Information	Rumor, Off the Kuff
Candidate Website	Campaign Website for state rep race

Potential Challenger	Ron Kirk
Party	Democratic - former mayor of Dallas and 2000 Senate Dem nominee
Source of Information	Hotline
Candidate Website	n/a

Potential Challenger	Jim Turner
Party	Democratic - former U.S. Congressman (TX-2), former state house rep, former state senator and aide to former Dem gov Mark White.
Source of Information	Hotline
Candidate Website	n/a

Potential Challenger	Barbara Ann Radnofsky
Party	Democratic
Source of Information	Rumor
Candidate Website	http://www.radnofsky.com/ (2006 campaign website)

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.

According to current 2K8RT information, as many as five Democrats may seek to unseat Cornyn in an unusually contested March 2008 primary.

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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