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by Paxton to sway appellate court judges in his favor on a major case involving election fraud prosecutions.
The complaint — and a potential hearing or trial — coincides with the second-term Republican attorney general’s most competitive bid for re-election yet. In last week’s primary, Paxton did not meet the 50 percent plus 1 threshold needed to avoid a runoff and will nowBush’s campaign has zeroed in on Paxton’s legal troubles as a vulnerability for Texas Republicans in the general election, warning it would give Democrats their first chance at winning a statewide seat since 1994.
Harrington said he hopes to see Paxton lose his law license permanently as a result of this process. Any bar action would not affect Paxton’s ability to serve as Attorney General because membership is not required by law to hold the office.“For the person who is supposed to be the chief law enforcement for our state to do this sort of nonsense I just think is utterly reprehensible,” Harrington said.