Texas AG Ken Paxton's indictments, politics targeted by Supreme Court law clerk trying to unseat him
Ken Paxton likes to bring up his firsts.
He is the first Collin County resident, he says, elected to statewide office in 150 years. And while he’s far from the first Texas attorney general to sue the federal government, he's planned to do it more than any of his predecessors.
But Justin Nelson, Paxton’s Democratic opponent, is about to bring up another.
Illuminated by the red and blue lights at the Granada Theater in East Dallas, his face projected on two giant screens, Nelson’s stump speech approaches its zenith. He pauses, holding the few hundred East Dallas Democrats at attention, and points to the audience.
“Mr. Paxton is the first official in Texas statewide history to run for re-election to a statewide office while indicted,” Nelson proclaims. “And he’s doing it as a lawyer, as the chief lawyer of the state of Texas.”
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