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* [[Tammy Duckworth]], U.S. Senator from Illinois and former U.S. Representative (IL-08) (2013-2017) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009-2011)<ref name="Daily Kos">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/30/1854339/-TX-Sen-Sen-Tammy-Duckworth-D-IL-Helps-Fellow-Veteran-MJ-Hegar-D-Beat-John-Cornyn-R|title=TX-Sen: Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) Helps Fellow Veteran MJ Hegar (D) Beat John Cornyn (R)|work=Daily Kos}}</ref>
* [[Tammy Duckworth]], U.S. Senator from Illinois and former U.S. Representative (IL-08) (2013-2017) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009-2011)<ref name="Daily Kos">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/30/1854339/-TX-Sen-Sen-Tammy-Duckworth-D-IL-Helps-Fellow-Veteran-MJ-Hegar-D-Beat-John-Cornyn-R|title=TX-Sen: Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D. IL) Helps Fellow Veteran MJ Hegar (D) Beat John Cornyn (R)|work=Daily Kos}}</ref>
* [[Veronica Escobar]], U.S. Representative from ([[Texas's 16th congressional district])<ref name="TexasTrib">{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/13/texas-democrat-senate-runoff/ |access-date=2020-07-05 |date=2020-05-13 |title=Cascade of endorsements animates Texas' Democratic U.S. Senate runoff, which coronavirus has upended |first1=Patrick |last1=Svitek}}}}</ref>
* [[Veronica Escobar]], U.S. Representative from ([[Texas's 16th congressional district]])<ref name="TexasTrib">{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2020/05/13/texas-democrat-senate-runoff/ |access-date=2020-07-05 |date=2020-05-13 |title=Cascade of endorsements animates Texas' Democratic U.S. Senate runoff, which coronavirus has upended |first1=Patrick |last1=Svitek}}}}</ref>
* [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], U.S. Senator from, [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020]] Democratic presidential candidate, and former U.S. Representative (NY-20) (2007-2009)<ref name="Kirsten Gillibrand">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand/status/1218193803749810177|title=.Are you ready to put a stop to Mitch McConnell's stranglehold on Washington?Then support these four amazing women (and fellow moms!) running for Senate: @SaraGideon, @GreenfieldIowa, @mjhegar, and @AmyMcGrathK.|work=Twitter|author=Kirsten Gillibrand}}</ref>
* [[Kirsten Gillibrand]], U.S. Senator from, [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020]] Democratic presidential candidate, and former U.S. Representative (NY-20) (2007-2009)<ref name="Kirsten Gillibrand">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand/status/1218193803749810177|title=.Are you ready to put a stop to Mitch McConnell's stranglehold on Washington?Then support these four amazing women (and fellow moms!) running for Senate: @SaraGideon, @GreenfieldIowa, @mjhegar, and @AmyMcGrathK.|work=Twitter|author=Kirsten Gillibrand}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Warren]], U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020]] Democratic presidential candidate<ref name="Elizabeth Warren">{{cite web|last1=Burdyk|first1=Zach|title=Warren announces slate of endorsements including Wendy Davis and Cornyn challenger Hegar|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/498497-warren-announces-slate-of-endorsements-including-wendy-davis-and-cornyn|website=thehill.com|publisher=The Hill|accessdate=May 19, 2020|date=May 19, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Warren]], U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020]] Democratic presidential candidate<ref name="Elizabeth Warren">{{cite web|last1=Burdyk|first1=Zach|title=Warren announces slate of endorsements including Wendy Davis and Cornyn challenger Hegar|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/498497-warren-announces-slate-of-endorsements-including-wendy-davis-and-cornyn|website=thehill.com|publisher=The Hill|accessdate=May 19, 2020|date=May 19, 2020}}</ref>

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2020 United States Senate election in Texas
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The general election for the 2020 United States Senate in Texas will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the State of Texas, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator John Cornyn is running for reelection to a fourth term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in the primary

  • Virgil Bierschwale, U.S. Navy veteran, software developer, realtor[2]
  • John Anthony Castro, attorney, author, businessman, entrepreneur[3][4][5][6][7]
  • Dwayne Stovall, bridge construction contractor, businessman[8]
  • Mark Yancey, businessman, Attacca International Executive, former owner of the Dallas Wings basketball team[9][10]

Declined

Endorsements

John Cornyn
Federal officials
U.S. Senators
Statewide officials

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Virgil
Bierschwale 		John
Anthony
Castro 		John
Cornyn 		Dwayne
Stovall 		Mark
Yancey 		Undecided
University of Texas at St Tyler/Dallas News January 21–30, 2020 445 (LV) ±4.65% <1% 5% 62% 3% 1% 30%
Data for Progress[A] January 16–21, 2020 687 (LV) – 1% 0% 75% 2% 1% 22%

Results

Results by county
Cornyn
  •   Cornyn—80–90%
  •   Cornyn—70–80%
  •   Cornyn—60–70%
  •   Cornyn—50–60%
Republican primary results [17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Cornyn (incumbent) 1,470,669 76.04%
Republican Dwayne Stovall 231,104 11.95%
Republican Mark Yancey 124,864 6.46%
Republican John Anthony Castro 86,916 4.49%
Republican Virgil Bierschwale 20,494 1.06%
Total votes 1,934,047 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in the runoff

Eliminated in the primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

MJ Hegar
Federal officials
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Sema Hernandez (eliminated)
State officials
Individuals
  • Jimmy Dore, comedian, political commentator, and host of The Jimmy Dore Show[55]
Organizations
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez (eliminated)
Federal officials
State officials
Labor unions
Newspapers
Organizations
Individuals
Royce West (eliminated)
Federal officials
State officials
Local officials
Organizations
Newspapers
Individuals
Chris Bell (eliminated)
Federal officials
Local officials
Amanda Edwards (eliminated)
Newspapers
Organizations
Individuals

First round

Debates

Host
network 		Date Link(s) Participants
MJ
Hegar 		Royce
West 		Cristina
Tzintzún
Ramirez 		Annie
Garcia 		Amanda Edwards Chris Bell Sema
Hernandez 		Michael
Cooper 		Victor Hugo
Harris 		Adrian
Ocegueda 		Jack Daniel
Foster, Jr. 		D.R.
Hunter
KHOU-11 February 18, 2020 [103] Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Chris
Bell 		Amanda
Edwards 		Annie
Garcia 		MJ
Hegar 		Sema
Hernandez 		Cristina
Ramirez 		Royce
West 		Other Undecided
NBC News/Marist February 23–27, 2020 556 ± 5.3% 5% 7% – 16% 5% 9% 8% 5%[b] 34%
YouGov/University of Texas/Texas Tribune January 31 – February 9, 2020 575 (LV)[c] ±4.09% 7% 6% 5% 22% 5% 9% 6% 40%[d] –
University of Texas at Tyler/Dallas News January 21–30, 2020 414 (LV) ± 4.8% 5% 4% 6% 9% 4% 4% 6% 12%[e] 52%
Data for Progress[1][B] January 16–21, 2020 684 (LV) ± 6.5% 8% 3% 4% 18% 3% 13% 12% 4%[f] 34%[g]
Texas Lyceum January 10–19, 2020 401 (LV) ± 4.89% 5% 6% 4% 11% 5% 7% 8% 35%[h] 19%
December 6, 2019 Garcia announces her candidacy
Beacon Research (D) November 9–21, 2019 408 – 4% – – 6% 6% – 13% 58%[i] –
University of Texas at Tyler November 5–14, 2019 427 ± 4.7% 7% 8% – 9% – 9% 8% 7% 52%
University of Texas/Texas Tribune October 18–29, 2019 541 ± 4.21% 3% 0% – 12% 6% 4% 5% 13%[j] 57%
University of Texas/Texas Tribune August 29 – September 8, 2019 550 ± 4.17% 2% 2% – 11% 3% 3% 5% 2%[k] 66%
Ragnar Research September 3–5, 2019 600 (LV) ± 3.9% 9% 10% – 12% – 10% 10% – 49%
August 12, 2019 Ramirez announces her candidacy
Emerson College/Dallas Morning News August 1–3, 2019 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 6.6% – 5.2% 9.9% – – 7.9% 19.1%[l] 51.1%
July 22, 2019 West announces his candidacy
July 18, 2019 Edwards announces her candidacy
July 3, 2019 Bell announces his candidacy
April 23, 2019 Hegar announces her candidacy
Change Research April 18–22, 2019 1,578 ± 2.5% 5% – – 3% – 3% – 53%[m] 33%
Public Policy Polling (D)[C] March 5–7, 2019 608 ± 4.0% – – – 4% 2% – – 65%[n] 29%

Results

Initial round results by county
Hegar
  •   Hegar—60–70%
  •   Hegar—50–60%
  •   Hegar—40–50%
  •   Hegar—30–40%
  •   Hegar—20–30%
  •   Hegar—<20%
Tie
  •   Tie
West
  •   West—<20%
  •   West—20–30%
  •   West—30–40%
  •   West—40–50%
Ramirez
  •   Ramirez—<20%
  •   Ramirez—20–30%
  •   Ramirez—30–40%
  •   Ramirez—40–50%
  •   Ramirez—50–60%
Garcia
  •   Garcia—<20%
  •   Garcia—20–30%
  •   Garcia—30–40%
  •   Garcia—100%
Edwards
  •   Edwards—<20%
  •   Edwards—20–30%
  •   Edwards—30–40%
Bell
  •   Bell—<20%
  •   Bell—20–30%
  •   Bell—30–40%
  •   Bell—40–50%
Hernandez
  •   Hernandez—<20%
  •   Hernandez—20–30%
  •   Hernandez—30–40%
Cooper
  •   Cooper—<20%
  •   Cooper—20–30%
Democratic primary results[104]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic MJ Hegar 411,369 22.37%
Democratic Royce West 267,236 14.53%
Democratic Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez 244,004 13.27%
Democratic Annie "Mamá" Garcia 190,342 10.35%
Democratic Amanda Edwards 184,467 10.03%
Democratic Chris Bell 156,238 8.49%
Democratic Sema Hernandez 136,549 7.42%
Democratic Michael Cooper 90,990 4.95%
Democratic Victor Hugo Harris 59,018 3.21%
Democratic Adrian Ocegueda 40,929 2.23%
Democratic Jack Daniel Foster, Jr. 31,425 1.71%
Democratic D.R. Hunter 26,691 1.45%
Total votes 1,839,258 100.0%

Runoff

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		MJ
Hegar 		Royce
West 		Other Undecided
TargetPoint (R-Cornyn)[D] July 8, 2020 830 (LV) ± 3.2% 39% 35% – 26%
Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler June 29 – July 7, 2020 829 (LV) ± 3.4% 35% 22% 11% 32%
Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler April 18–27, 2020 447 (RV) ± 4.6% 32% 16% 7% 44%
Data for Progress[2][B] January 16–21, 2020 684 (LV) ± 6.5% 48% 19% – 33%
Ragnar Research September 3–5, 2019 600 (LV) ± 3.9% 26% 24% – 50%

Debates

Host
network 		Date Link(s) Participants
MJ
Hegar 		Royce
West
KXAN-TV June 6, 2020 [105] Present Present
KVUE June 29, 2020 [106] Present Present
Hypothetical polling
with MJ Hegar and Chris Bell
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		MJ
Hegar 		Chris
Bell 		Undecided
Ragnar Research September 3–5, 2019 600 (LV) ± 3.9% 28% 21% 50%
with MJ Hegar and Amanda Edwards
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		MJ
Hegar 		Amanda
Edwards 		Undecided
Data for Progress[3][B] January 16–21, 2020 684 (LV) ± 6.5% 42% 16% 42%
with MJ Hegar and Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		MJ
Hegar 		Cristina
Ramirez 		Undecided
Data for Progress[4][B] January 16–21, 2020 684 (LV) ± 6.5% 32% 33% 35%

Results

Runoff results by county
Hegar
  •   Hegar—>90%
  •   Hegar—80–90%
  •   Hegar—70–80%
  •   Hegar—60–70%
  •   Hegar—50–60%
Tie
  •   Tie
West
  •   West—50–60%
  •   West—60–70%
  •   West—70–80%
  •   West—>90%
No vote
  •   No vote
Democratic primary Runoff results[107]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic MJ Hegar 499,005 52.14%
Democratic Royce West 458,019 47.86%
Total votes 957,024 100.0%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared
Withdrawn

Results

Libertarian convention results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Wes Benedict
Libertarian Kerry McKennon
Total votes 100.0%

People Over Politics Party

Nominee

Human Rights Party

Nominee

Independents

Declared

  • Tim Smith[111]
  • Arjun Srinivasan[111]
  • Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla, educator and candidate for Austin city council in 2014[112]
  • Krisjiannis Vittato, teacher and ex-filmmaker[113]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[114] Likely R July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[115] Lean R July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[116] Likely R July 9, 2020
Daily Kos[117] Likely R July 22, 2020
Politico[118] Lean R July 6, 2020
RCP[119] Lean R July 15, 2020
Niskanen[120] Lean R July 26, 2020

Endorsements

John Cornyn (R)
Federal officials
U.S. Senators
Statewide officials
MJ Hegar (D)
Federal officials
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cornyn (R) 		MJ
Hegar (D) 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac University July 16–20, 2020 880 (RV) ± 3.3% 47% 38% 3% 13%
Spry Strategies (R) July 16–20, 2020 750 (LV) ± 3.5% 47% 37% 14% 2%
CBS News/YouGov July 7–10, 2020 1,179 (LV) ± 3.4% 44% 36% 5%[o] 15%
Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler June 29 – July 7, 2020 1,677 (LV) ± 2.4% 42% 29% 5% 22%
Public Policy Polling June 24–25, 2020 729 (RV) ± 3.6% 42% 35% – 23%
FOX News June 20–23, 2020 1,001 (RV) ± 3.0% 46% 36% 6%[p] 12%
Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler April 18–27, 2020 1,183 (RV) ± 2.9% 37% 24% 6% 34%
NBC News/Marist February 23–27, 2020 2,409 (RV) ± 2.5% 49% 41% 1% 10%
Beacon Research (D) November 9–21, 2019 601 (RV) – 44% 30% – 26%
Emerson College April 25–28, 2019 799 ± 3.4% 29% 12% 16%[q] 44%
Hypothetical polling
with Royce West
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cornyn (R) 		Royce
West (D) 		Other Undecided
CBS News/YouGov July 7–10, 2020 1,182 (LV) ± 3.4% 43% 37% 4%[r] 15%
Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler June 29 – July 7, 2020 1,677 (LV) ± 2.4% 43% 28% 6% 23%
FOX News June 20–23, 2020 1,001 (RV) ± 3.0% 47% 37% 6%[s] 11%
Dallas Morning News/University of Texas at Tyler April 18–27, 2020 1,183 (RV) ± 2.85% 35% 24% 7% 34%
Beacon Research (D) November 9–21, 2019 601 (RV) – 45% 33% – 22%
with Chris Bell
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cornyn (R) 		Chris
Bell (D) 		Other Undecided
Beacon Research (D) November 9–21, 2019 601 (RV) – 45% 30% – 25%
with Sema Hernandez
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cornyn (R) 		Sema
Hernandez (D) 		Other Undecided
Beacon Research (D) November 9–21, 2019 601 (RV) – 45% 29% – 26%
with Beto O'Rourke
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cornyn (R) 		Beto
O'Rourke (D) 		Other Undecided
Beacon Research (D) November 9–21, 2019 601 (RV) – 46% 42% – 12%
Quinnipiac University February 20–25, 2019 1,222 ± 3.4% 46% 46% 1% 6%
Public Policy Polling (D)[C] February 13–14, 2019 743 ± 3.6% 47% 45% – 8%
Atlantic Media & Research (R)[E] January 5–11, 2019 504 ± 4.4% 50% 37% – –
with generic Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cornyn (R) 		Generic
Democrat (D) 		Other Undecided
Univision/UH February 21–26, 2020 1,004 (RV) ± 3.4% 43% 41% – 16%
Data for Progress January 16–21, 2020 1,486 (LV) – 50% 42% 2%[t] 7%
Beacon Research (D) November 9–21, 2019 601 (RV) – 46% 44% – 10%
Univision/UH August 1 – September 6, 2019 1,004 (RV) ± 3.4% 41% 40% – 19%
with generic Opponent
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		John
Cornyn (R) 		Generic
Opponent 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac September 4–9, 2019 1,410 (RV) ± 3.1% – 23% 35%[u] 43%[v]
with generic Republican and generic Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Republican (R) 		Generic
Democrat (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling June 18–19, 2020 907 (V) ± 3% 47% 45% 8%

Results

United States Senate election in Texas, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Cornyn (incumbent)
Democratic MJ Hegar
Libertarian TBA
People Over Politics Party Cedric Jefferson
Human Rights Party James Brumley
Independent Arjun Srinivasan
Independent Tim Smith
Independent Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla
Independent Krisjiannis Vittato
Total votes 100.0%

Notes

Partisan clients
  1. ^ Data for Progress had endorsed the Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign prior to the sampling period
  2. ^ a b c d Data for Progress has endorsed the Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign
  3. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Democracy Toolbox
  4. ^ Poll conducted for John Cornyn.
  5. ^ Poll sponsored by Courageous Conservatives PAC
Additional candidates and voter samples
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Michael Cooper with 4%, other with 1%
  3. ^ Additional data sourced by FiveThirtyEight
  4. ^ The five remaining candidates or "someone else" with 34%; refused with 6%
  5. ^ Michael Cooper, Jack Daniel Foster Jr. and Victor Hugo Harris with 3%; D.R. Hunter with 2%; Adrian Ocegueda with 1%
  6. ^ Michael Cooper with 2%; Victor Hugo Harris and Adrian Ocegueda with 1%; Jack Daniel Foster Jr., D.R. Hunter, and "not voting" with 0%
  7. ^ Leaning towards no one candidate, but not leaning towards not voting
  8. ^ Michael Cooper and Victor Hugo Harris with 5%; Adrian Ocegueda with 2%; Jack Daniel Foster Jr. and D.R. Hunter with 0%; other with 6%; none of the above with 17%
  9. ^ Beto O'Rourke with 58%
  10. ^ Michael Cooper with 4%; Jack Daniel Foster Jr. with 2%; Adrian Ocegueda with 1%; someone else with 6%
  11. ^ Michael Cooper with 2%
  12. ^ "Someone else" with 19.1%
  13. ^ Joaquin Castro with 43%; Michael Cooper with 4%; Kim Olson, and Veronica Escobar with 3%; Sylvia Garcia, Clay Jenkins, and Sri Preston Kulkarni with 2%; Rafael Anchia and Lizzie Pannill Fletcher with 1%; Mark Strama with 0%
  14. ^ Joaquin Castro with 42%, Wendy Davis with 19%, Michael Cooper with 4%
  15. ^ "Someone else" with 4%; would not vote with 1%
  16. ^ "Other" with 3%; would not vote with 3%
  17. ^ "Someone else" with 16%
  18. ^ "Someone else" with 3%; would not vote with 1%
  19. ^ "Other" and would not vote with 3%
  20. ^ Would not vote with 2%
  21. ^ "Would definitely not vote for Cornyn" with 35%
  22. ^ "Would consider voting for Cornyn" with 30%; "Don't know/no answer" with 13%

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