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2024 Texas Elections

John Cornyn spent years preparing to run for Senate majority leader. Will it be enough?

John Cornyn is running to succeed Mitch McConnell after years waiting in his shadow. But the far-right, in Texas and Washington, are putting up a fight.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023.

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, left, speaks with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing to examine protecting America's children from gun violence, in Washington, D.C., on June 15, 2022.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he visits the banks of the Rio Grande River with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents during the president's visit to the U.S. - Mexico border in Mission, Texas, U.S., January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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