Ken Paxton
What this job does: One of Texas's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Current office
- Texas Attorney General (since 2015)
- Occupation
- Attorney
Background
- Bachelor's degree in psychology (1985) and MBA (1986) from Baylor University; law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (1991). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as a lawyer at Strasburger & Price and as in-house counsel for J.C. Penney, then opened a law practice in 2002. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Texas House of Representatives, District 70, 2003 to 2013; Texas Senate, District 8, 2013 to 2015. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Texas Attorney General since January 2015. The Texas House impeached Paxton in May 2023; the Texas Senate acquitted Paxton in September 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Defeated U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the May 26, 2026 Republican primary runoff. source: en.wikipedia.org
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- Protecting election integrity source: kenpaxton.com
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