HOUSTON – Incumbent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican primary over George P. Bush, the Texas General Land Office commissioner, according to a race call from The Associated Press.
Paxton was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and is known for challenging Democratic presidents and blue Texas cities while working to move Texas further to the right.
His win comes on the same day that a gunman killed at least 18 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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