Texas Association of Business

Texas's chamber-of-commerce equivalent: pro-business, pro-tort-reform, anti-excessive-litigation, pro-property-rights, pro-energy-industry, pro-legal-immigration (especially skilled labor), pro-free-trade, generally Republican-aligned but pragmatic. Cornyn fits the TAB framework about as well as a Texas Republican senator can: tax cuts, tort reform, deregulation, pro-energy, free trade, legal-immigration engagement, CHIPS-Act manufacturing investment, and clean institutional process (no abuse-of-process litigation that Paxton's record carries). His Chamber-Spirit-of-Enterprise awards and NFIB Guardian-of-Small-Business recognition reflect the precise TAB-aligned voting record. Talarico loses on minimum-wage hikes, corporate-tax increases, expanded labor protections, and antitrust expansion. He wins on tariff repeal, comprehensive immigration reform, infrastructure investment, rural investment, and institutional stability.