Cornyn gets around
Sen. John Cornyn was scheduled as a “special guest” at a November 20 fundraiser for Rob Portman, also featuring former Secretary of State George Schultz. The day before he was listed at another Portman event, a dinner, featuring another former Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice.
Portman is running for an open seat in Ohio; Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has previously pledged that the NRSC would not spend money in contested primaries or open seat race. However, as we blogged earlier, Cornyn also showed up on a fundraiser for Arkansas Senate candidate Gilbert Baker, scheduled for Nov. 19–the same day as one of the Portman fundraisers. At the time, a spokesman said he was participating as a senator rather than as chairman of the committee.
(Josh Heath contributed to this post.)
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