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A confident Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tells Fox News he’s “way ahead” of challenger George P. Bush as the two face off Tuesday in the Republican primary runoff for the Lone Star state’s top law enforcement officer.
Paxton, who enjoys the backing of former President Donald Trump, is known nationally for trying to legally upend the 2020 presidential election results and for his aggressive actions in taking on President Biden’s administration in court. But he’s saddled with a slew of corruption allegations as he seeks a third four-year term as Texas attorney general.
Bush, twice elected to statewide office as Texas land commissioner, points to a recent survey that indicated he was closing the gap. Bush – who’s the last elected member of his family’s political dynasty – which over four generations has produced two presidents, a vice president, a senator, two governors and a congressman – stressed that “I fully intend to win on Tuesday.”
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The Bush family was GOP aristocracy for decades, but that was before Trump’s 2016 White House victory and his transformation of the party. The former president, 16 months removed from the White House, remains hands down the most popular and influential politician among Republicans and a GOP kingmaker.
Texas Land Commissioner and Republican attorney general candidate George P. Bush campaigns in Victoria, Texas, on May 18, 2022.
Trump has long been a very vocal critic of Bush’s uncle, former President George W. Bush, who was also a two-term Texas governor. And Trump attacked, humiliated and crushed Bush’s father – former two-term Florida Gov. Jeb Bush – during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.
Now, the Bush family dynasty’s on the line as the red state of Texas holds its primary runoffs.
Asked if his family name is a hindrance, Bush told Fox News: “I think it actually helps…
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