Status
Incumbent
Party
Republican
Address
P.O. Box 3476, McKinney, TX, 75070
Additional Information
Paxton won a May 24 runoff in the 2022 Republican primary for Attorney General.
First elected as Texas Attorney General in November 2014. He previously served as a Texas State Senator from 2013-2015. Paxton is married to Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton (R-McKinney).
Endorsed in the 2022 Republican primary runoff election by the
Texas Home School Coalition, which supports using public funds for private and home-schools, giving private and home-schooled students greater access to public education services, and limiting state oversight of private and home schools.
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