Ken Paxton Appears Headed For Runoff In GOP Primary For Texas Attorney General, But Against Who?

And here are the latest numbers on the race for Texas Attorney General. For more information, read the story here: ElectionDay

As of 9:45 p.m. Paxton had 42% of the vote, while challengers Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush with 21%, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman with 20% and U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert had 17%.

Paxton led a failed lawsuit to overturn the 2020 election and has for years faced securities fraud charges and an FBI investigation into corruption allegations.On the Democratic side, Rochelle Garza leads Joe Jaworski, Lee Merritt and Mike Fields.The CBS DFW team is a group of experienced journalists who along with our many CBS 11 reporters, bring you content on CBSDFW.com.

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