{"id":1490769,"date":"2022-05-24T21:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T01:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490769"},"modified":"2022-05-24T21:59:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T01:59:43","slug":"trump-backed-ken-paxton-wins-texas-ag-primary-leaving-last-bush-in-elected-office-without-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backed-ken-paxton-wins-texas-ag-primary-leaving-last-bush-in-elected-office-without-a-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Backed Ken Paxton Wins Texas AG Primary, Leaving Last Bush in Elected Office Without a Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-backed-ken-paxton-wins-texas-ag-primary-leaving-last-bush-in-elected-office-without-a-job%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Tuesday successfully fought off a primary challenge from Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, meaning the last member of the Bush political dynasty in elected office will soon be without a job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Paxton&#8217;s victory, projected by the Associated Press, is also a victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Donald Trump<\/a>, who endorsed the attorney general for reelection. Trump saw his picks in Georgia&#8217;s governor race and secretary of state race lose earlier Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1328181596-e1638835781756.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"DALLAS, TEXAS - JULY 11: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. \u00a0(Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      DALLAS, TEXAS &#8211; JULY 11: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. CPAC began in 1974, and is a conference that brings together and hosts conservative organizations, activists, and world leaders in discussing current events and future political agendas. \u00a0(Photo by Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Brandon Bell)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paxton is best known nationally for trying to legally upend the 2020 presidential election results and for his aggressive actions in taking on President Biden\u2019s administration in court. But he is saddled with a slew of corruption allegations as he seeks a third four-year term as Texas attorney general.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST PRIMARY RESULTS FROM FOX NEWS\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bush, twice elected to statewide office as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas land commissioner<\/a>, is the last elected member of his family\u2019s political dynasty \u2014 which over four generations has produced two family members who rose to become president, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, and one who became a senator, Prescott Bush.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/George-P-Bush-Victoria-Texas-May-18-2022.png.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Texas Land Commissioner and Republican attorney general candidate George P. Bush campaigns in Victoria, Texas on May 18, 2022\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Texas Land Commissioner and Republican attorney general candidate George P. Bush campaigns in Victoria, Texas on May 18, 2022<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(George P Bush campaign)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paxton topped Bush by 20 points in the March 1 primary, with former state Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman and Rep. Louie Gohmert finishing third and fourth. But the attorney general failed to crack 50%, which forced him into a runoff with the second-place Bush.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bush-dynasty-george-p-bush-tries-upset-trump-backed-texas-ken-paxton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BUSH DYNASTY ON THE LINE AS GEORGE P. BUSH TRIES TO UPSET TRUMP-BACKED KEN PAXTON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paxton will likely face Democrat Rochelle Garza in November\u2019s general election. The progressive former American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyer from Brownsville is the clear front-runner in the Democratic runoff for Texas attorney general.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Ken-Paxton-Gilmer-TX-May-19-2022.png.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton campaigns in Gilmer, Texas on May 19, 2022\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton campaigns in Gilmer, Texas on May 19, 2022<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Ken Paxton campaign)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>No Democrat has won a statewide election in Texas since 1994.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of congressional primaries, but the one grabbing attention from coast to coast is the Democratic showdown in Texas\u2019 28th Congressional District, which stretches to the U.S.-Mexico border.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moderate Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar is facing a second straight primary challenge from progressive firebrand Jessica Cisneros, who enjoys the backing of top figures from the left, including Sen. Bernie Sanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar, who narrowly edged Cisneros in the 2020 primary, is facing even more heat with the Supreme Court likely next month to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling. Cuellar\u2019s anti-abortion posture has draw fire from many Democrats nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Tuesday successfully fought off a primary challenge from Texas Land Commissioner George P. 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