Ken Paxton has tried to overturn tight elections. He’s in one of his own.
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The suit quickly failed at the U. S. Supreme Court, which found Texas had no standing to try to invalidate votes cast in another state. But it firmly established Paxton, the Texas attorney general, as a partisan fighter willing to wield the power of his office to aid Republicans, attack Democrats and challenge election results. It made him a conservative star and helped him secure Trump’s critical endorsement, propelling Paxton forward as the party’s nominee this year for U. S. Senate in Texas. Early voting starts on Monday. Since 2020, Paxton has continued to use his office to intervene in election disputes and pursue political opponents. Paxton has sued former congressman Beto O’Rourke, tried to shut down a Latino voter registration group, opposed the counting of provisional ballots in Houston and unsuccessfully tried to criminally indict a sitting county election administrator.
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