Attorney General Ken Paxton wants revenge on House Republicans who supported his impeachment. Gov. Greg Abbott wants to elect Republicans who support his...
The governor’s focus on passing school choice puts him opposite Paxton in at least 17 Republican primary races.
On Feb. 6, Abbott stopped in McKinney — Paxton’s hometown — asking voters to rally behind GOP House incumbent Jeff Leach, once a Paxton friend whom the attorney general badly wants to defeat. Leach urged senators to remove Paxton as unfit for office during closing arguments at September’s impeachment trial.“He’s a powerful conservative leader that I need back in Austin to work side-by-side with me to keep Texas the No. 1 state in the United States of America,” Abbott said of Leach.
Abbott and Paxton agree on eight House candidates, including former Greenville city attorney Brent Money against former Van ISD school board member Jill Dutton.for a House vacancy created when Rep. Bryan Slaton was ousted last year for inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old aide.Paxton asked the Legislature to pay $3.
Abbott has endorsed four of the incumbents Paxton is targeting, but he is not backing Holland, who voted against his school choice proposal. “This was an undercurrent of assault on our power as people,” she said. “We are the ones who elect our representatives.”In addition to targeting impeachment supporters, Paxton is asking voters to unseat three incumbents on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
The court quickly rejected Paxton’s petition, and the State Bar of Texas sued to censure Paxton, saying he lied to the court about having proof of substantial fraud. A Paxton appeal seeks to dismiss the bar’s lawsuit.On the campaign trail, the governor touts the success of Texas, battles against the “woke agenda” and his ongoing border security efforts and related conflict with President Biden.
“It wasn’t willy-nilly,” Carney said of Abbott’s endorsements. “The people we chose were those who we knew after meeting with and looking into who is the best candidate. We had a list of those willing to support the governor and those willing to stab the governor in the back.”Paxton is rarely mentioned at Abbott’s rallies, but some of the attendees know what’s at stake.
The governor’s rallies are generally well-attended, attracting about 500 people to Leach’s rally in McKinney and a similar crowd to a recent Shaheen event in Frisco.
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