Attacks are flying among Attorney General Ken Paxton and his three Republican primary challengers, making for a hectic end to the hotly contested election.
It is all making for a hectic end to the hotly contested primary, which recent polls suggest could go to a runoff. The polls have been less clear, though, on who Paxton could face in an overtime round. The election is March 1.that he is heading to a runoff with Paxton, though his campaign now has Guzman in its crosshairs. His latest TV spot accuses her of a cardinal sin in today’s GOP politics: opposing a border wall.
“From the moment I stepped off the Supreme Court and have been able to share policy positions, I have been unequivocal in my plan to use my legal experience to secure the border, and that includes building the wall,” Guzman said. “It’s been on my website and I mention it in every speech I give.” All the GOP candidates for attorney general are pitching themselves as tough on the border. It has been the sole subject of Bush’s TV ads, which highlight his endorsement from the National Border Patrol Council. Gohmert has been talking about how he helped build Trump’s wall by voting for it as a congressman. And Guzman has been running a TV ad in which she says her father was “killed by an illegal immigrant who disappeared and was never brought to justice.
All of Paxton’s primary foes have been assailing his ethics and integrity since the beginning of their campaigns. The incumbent has been under indictment on securities fraud charges since 2015 and more recently came under FBI investigation over claims by former deputies that he abused his office to help a wealthy contributor. Paxton has denied wrongdoing in both cases.