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The 2022 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Texas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton won re-election to his third term. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Paxton won 233 counties and won the popular vote by a margin of 9.7%, underperforming Governor Greg Abbott 's concurrent bid for re ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. American politician and lawyer Ken Paxton Paxton in 2021 51st Attorney General of Texas Incumbent Assumed office January 5, 2015 Suspended: May 27, 2023 – September 16, 2023 [a] Governor Rick Perry Greg Abbott Preceded by Greg Abbott Member of the Texas Senate from the 8th district In ...
Cornyn won the general election with 54% of the vote; he defeated Jim Mattox, a former Texas attorney general (1983–1991) and U.S. representative. [15] Cornyn was the first Republican-elected attorney general of Texas since Reconstruction, and was sworn in by Governor George W. Bush. [11]
Republican incumbent Ken Paxton was running ahead of Democrat Rochelle Garza in the race for Texas attorney general.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened two of the state’s most populous — and Democratic-leaning — urban counties with lawsuits over their plans to register voters by mail. Paxton ...
Follow along for live updates and results for key statewide and local races. Polls open at 7 a.m. across Texas. Primary election voting will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time on March 5 across ...
In 2013, former Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he would not seek reelection and would run for governor. In November 2014, he was elected as the governor of Texas. Ken Paxton defeated former House Representative Dan Branch in the Republican primary by a 26% margin and was elected easily in the general election as the 50th attorney ...