Back in 2002, it was up to Republican John Cornyn to keep a Kirk from taking a Senate seat -- Ron Kirk, the Democratic nominee, former Dallas mayor and now, the president's trade ambassador. Cornyn won that election. Fast forward...
Sen. John Cornyn has speculated in the last week that Senate colleague Kay Bailey Hutchison would quit the Senate in the fall to focus on a run for governor. Cornyn said this morning that replacing her with a Republican will...
Dallas Republican Pete Sessions put on his best face for today's heralded milestone, the first 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency. Sessions has extra incentive: He leads the GOP campaign arm in the House. In a statement, he called on...
At a GOP fundraiser Wednesday night, Mitt Romney urged Republican lawmakers and donors to keep fighting for their ideals and against the Democrats' leftist policies. "I think the American people are seeing through what's happening," Romney told the crowd....
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave a pretty philosophical keynote at the GOP fundraiser tonight. At times the 30-minute address sounded like a history lesson or a college lecture. As the crowd welcomed him with a standing ovation, Romney...
Or at least their words did. Texas Sen. John Cornyn quoted Dante, the Italian poet of the Divine Comedy, as he introduced Bob Pence, one of the organizers of the GOP fundraiser and a student of Italian literature. Pence called...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn opened the dinner for Republican senators and donors with a prediction--and a pun. "It's appropriate that we're here at the Newseum," Cornyn said. "Because the Republican Party intends to make some news in 2010, with your...
Led by Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Republican senators and donors are getting ready to hear from Mitt Romney at an annual GOP fundraiser tonight. The backdrop of the event at the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue lights up the space,...
The Texans responsible for electing more Republicans to Congress in the next two years are offering praise for the party's new chairman, Michael Steele, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland and the GOP's first African-American chairman. Steele won in the...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn was on the elite guest list for cocktails Wednesday night at the White House with President Obama. He sent regrets. "Unfortunately I had a conflict over at the NRSC," the senator said, referring to the National...
The fight for seats in the Senate in 2010 has begun, and the Republicans' first major television ad for the election cycle gives some clues to their strategy. The ad, called "Trillion," takes a swipe at Senate Democrat Leader Harry...
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