The LWV is strictly nonpartisan but advocates for voting rights, anti-gerrymandering, campaign-finance reform, election integrity, ranked-choice voting, and transparent government. Cornyn earns more LWV credit than Paxton on election-integrity (his certification of the 2020 election sits in direct opposition to Paxton's Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit, which the LWV would treat as the precise practice they oppose) and on absence of mid-decade-redistricting-and-election-worker-prosecution litigation. He still loses on voting-rights enforcement (he has voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act), on SAVE America Act co-sponsorship, and on the broader Republican voting-access framework. Paxton's Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit and election-worker prosecutions are precisely the practices the LWV organizes against.
Sources
- Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate, official campaign issues page, accessed May 2026. (full list)
- Sen. John Cornyn, official Senate website and 2026 re-election campaign issues page, accessed May 2026 (cornyn.senate.gov; johncornyn.com). (full list)
- Texas Tribune / ProPublica, 'Paxton files lawsuits in courts that could have more favorable outcomes,' May 20, 2026. (full list)
- Senate Republican Whip (2013-2019); 2024 Senate Republican Leader race vs. Sen. John Thune (Cornyn lost 29-23); Republican Conference institutional record; New York Times coverage of Cornyn-Thune-Scott three-way race, November 2024. (full list)