Ken Paxton is the Attorney General of Texas.
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovOct 27, 2026
The claim that Ken Paxton is Attorney General of Texas is supported as of the 2026-10-27 posting date. An AP Decision Notes piece from 2026-10-30 describes him as the state's Texas Attorney General, and the official Texas AG office page confirms he was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and 2022.
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… James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian, school teacher, self-confessed cringe progressive, unless I was doing it maybe in an annoying way, is leading in most polls. His opponent, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, is facing two headwinds: the price of gas and everything. Also, Paxton has done some very, very bad stuff. So Republicans have been trying some messaging, questioning whether Talaico is man enough for Texas: Tellerico, two weeks; Texas tofu; Tallarico. …
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP Decision Notes, published 2026-10-30, describes Republican Ken Paxton as Texas Attorney General and the state's embattled attorney general in the 2026 Senate race.[1]
Supports. The Texas Attorney General's official 'About the Office' page states Paxton was elected in 2014, sworn in January 5, 2015, and re-elected in 2018 and 2022, establishing his tenure in the office.[2]
Context. The official page is dated 2014 and does not itself address October 2026, so the current-status confirmation rests mainly on the AP piece. The AP piece postdates the 2026-10-27 claim date, but it describes his office as of that period.[1][2]
Sources
2 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary
- 1AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas on Election Dayapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2About the Attorney Generaltexasattorneygeneral.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
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