The Texas attorney general rode into office on a Tea Party wave and has faced several high-profile scandals during his tenure.

State Sens. Joan Huffman and Mayes Middleton, former DOJ official and former Paxton aide Aaron Reitz, and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy are competing.

Mental health professionals are now included among the healthcare providers who could lose their license for providing transgender procedures for minors in Texas, according to a new legal opinion from state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Texas attorney general will face off against longtime senator John Cornyn in a state that’s increasingly welcomed far-right causes.

Paxton is facing Senator John Cornyn and Representative Wesley Hunt for the Republican nomination in the Texas Senate midterm elections.

Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton held a rally in Waco on Monday, his final campaign stop before Tuesday’s primary election.

After Sen. John Cornyn ran ads about his rival’s alleged infidelity, Paxton countered with a spot featuring his daughter, who cited her father’s “genuine love for his family” in an op-ed.

The attorney general sued the county over a $1 million program that provides legal defense to help immigrants fight their deportation cases.

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