Some GOP senators have close personal ties to the attorney general and are funded by the...
against House Republicans who voted to impeach Paxton, though he hasn’t said the same for GOP senators.
The Senate primary field is less familiar territory for Dunn and his cohorts, whose push for private school vouchers and right-wing social causes has met far more resistance in the House. Dunn’s groups have struggled to break through in recent House GOP races,Paxton supporters argue that many House Republicans are beholden to donations from GOP Speaker Dade Phelan, who supported many of Defend Texas Liberty’s targeted incumbents and has backed Paxton’s impeachment.
Paxton worked alongside 11 current senators, with two present for the entire duration of his House tenure and seven present for his brief stint in the Senate. Hughes, for example, is indirectly mentioned in an impeachment charge in which Paxton is accused of pushing his staff to write a legal opinion that would help the friend and donor, Nate Paul, with his financially struggling real estate business.
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