Republican attorney general runoff will be a referendum on the Texas GOP
Facing a May runoff election after failing to win Tuesday’s GOP primary outright, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton would like conservative voters to see his coming face-off with Land Commissioner George P. Bush as an opportunity.Paxton’s right, in a way. There may be other Bushes in the pipeline — Jenna, anybody? — but George P. is the only one currently in elective office in Texas, or on the ballot this cycle.
In fact, Paxton has to be considered the front-runner, heading into the runoff. He remains under indictment for felony securities fraud charges from 2015, a case that really should go to trial at some point. He has also been the subject of an FBI investigation arising from allegations by then-senior staff that he’d abused his office to help an Austin developer who’d contributed to his campaigns. Still, he placed first in the primary, with 43 percent of the vote to Bush’s 23 percent.
This is the version of Bush — relaxed, confident, clear-sighted — that could win statewide. In fact, this arguably is the version of Bush that won a place in the runoff over former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman and East Texas congressman Louie Gohmert. . A simple question was posed to the three challengers on stage, along with a request for a show of hands: “Do you believe Joe Biden won the 2020 election?”
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