John Cornyn III is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States Senator from Texas since 2002. He is the current Senate Majority Whip for the 115th Congress. Cornyn previously served as Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2007 to 2011.Born in Houston, Cornyn is a graduate from Trinity University and St. Mary's University School of Law, receiving his LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Cornyn was a Judge on Texas' 37th District Court from 1985 to 1991, until he was elected an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, where he served 1991 to 1997. In 1998, Cornyn was elected Attorney General of Texas, serving one term until winning a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2002. He was re-elected to a second term in 2008 and to a third term in 2014. Cornyn is term limited for his position as Majority Whip, and Senator John Thune of South Dakota was selected to succeed him for the 116th Congress.
“Well, you know, that's the problem in America, we're always having elections.”
American Morning http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/29/ltm.01.html (March 29, 2006)
