Ken Paxton Appears Headed For Runoff In GOP Primary For Texas Attorney General, But Against Who?
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had a commanding early lead over his opponents, but not close to the 50% plus one vote needed to avoid a runoff election.
As of 10:20 p.m. Paxton had 42% of the vote, while challengers Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush with 22%, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman with 19% and U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert had 17%.
That's with about 50% of precincts reporting.
Paxton led a failed lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election and has for years faced securities fraud charges and an FBI investigation into corruption allegations.
He has broadly denied wrongdoing.
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On the Democratic side, Rochelle Garza leads Joe Jaworski, Lee Merritt and Mike Fields.
A runoff seems likely in that race as well.