2020 United States Senate election in Texas facts for kids

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2020 United States Senate election in Texas

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Turnout	65.73%
Nominee John Cornyn MJ Hegar Party Republican Democrat Popular vote 5,962,983 4,868,764 Percentage 53.5% 43.9%
County results Cornyn:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Hegar:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Senator before election John Cornyn Republican Elected U.S. Senator John Cornyn Republican

An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Texas. The five people in the election were John Cornyn (Republican Party), MJ Hegar (Democratic Party), Kerry McKennon (Libertarian Party), David Collins (Green Party), and Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (independent). John Cornyn won the election and was reelected to the Senate for the fourth time.

A primary election was held for the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Five people were in the Republican primary election and twelve people were in the Democratic primary election. In the Democratic primary no one got more than 50% of votes, so a second round was held between the two highest candidates. John Cornyn won the Republican primary election and MJ Hegar won the Democratic primary election.

Republican Party primary

Democratic Party primary

Primary election results

Runoff election results

Results