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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 all but 21 counties and won the popular vote by a margin of 9.7%, underperforming Governor Greg Abbott 's concurrent bid for ...
- Ken Paxton
- 53.42%
- Republican
- 4,278,986
- Candidate Comparison
- News and Conflicts in This Primary
- Endorsements
- Election Competitiveness
- Election Spending
- State Profile
- Election Analysis
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Candidate profiles
This section includes candidate profiles created in one of two ways: either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, or Ballotpedia staff compiled a profile based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements after identifying the candidate as noteworthy. This section includes candidate profiles created in one of two ways: either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, or Ballotpedia staff compiled a profile based on campaign...
This race was featured in The Heart of the Primaries, a newsletter capturing stories related to conflicts within each major party.Click here to read more about conflict in this and other 2022 Republican attorney general primaries. Click hereto subscribe to the newsletter. 1. Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12 (March 3, 2022) 2. Heart...
Click the links below to see endorsement lists published on candidate campaign websites, if available. If you are aware of a website that should be included, please email us. 1. George P. Bush 2. Ken Paxton 3. Louie Gohmert 4. Eva Guzman 1. 1.1. See also: Ballotpedia: Our approach to covering endorsements This section lists noteworthy endorsements ...
Polls
1. 1.1. See also: Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals. The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times." For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here...
Campaign finance
The tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA. Transparency USA tracks loans separately from total contributions. View each candidates’ loan totals, if any, by clicking “View More” in the table below and learn more about this data here.
Presidential voting pattern
1. See also: Presidential voting trends in Texas Texas voted Republicanin all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state. 1. Presidential elections- Information about presidential elections in the state. 2. Statewide elections- Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state. 3. State partisanship- The partisan makeup of the sta...
Dec 13, 2021 · Texas held an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for March 1, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for May 24, 2022. The filing deadline was December 13, 2021. This was one of 30 elections for attorney general taking place in 2022. All 50 states have an attorney general who serves as the state's ...
Feb 25, 2022 · Updated: Mar 1, 2022 / 11:50 AM CST. AUSTIN (Nexstar) — In the home stretch to the March 1 primary election, all eyes are on the crowded race for Texas’ attorney general. New polling this week ...
Feb 11, 2022 · The Democratic and Republican primary elections for Texas Attorney General will take place March 1, 2022, with early voting beginning February 14, 2022. There are four Republican candidates and ...
Feb 6, 2022 · Paxton declined an invitation to appear on Inside Texas Politics this Sunday, but the other candidates, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman, retiring U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, and Texas ...
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Nov 4, 2022 · Paxton is running for re-election in 2022. On May 24, Paxton defeated George P. Bush 68% to 32%, winning his party's nomination to advance to the November 2022 general election. Paxton has been vocal on wanting to secure the Texas border. He has sued the Biden Administration several times due to "the disastrous crisis that is exhausting local ...
