Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, lost his bid to become the next Senate majority leader on Wednesday, concluding his years-long effort to lead his party conference. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz snubbed his fellow Texan in Wednesday's internal GOP election, opting instead ...

On Wednesday morning, shortly before a majority of GOP senators cast their votes for Thune, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz appeared to abandon fellow Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn, announcing he would back U.S. Senator Rick Scott of Florida for the vaunted position.

Texas, is one of three senators seeking to become Senate majority leader next year, when Republicans take majority control of the Senate. Here are five things to know about Cornyn. He’s a former justice and attorney general Cornyn was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and served as a justice for seven years before becoming the first Republican