Overview
- Nathan Johnson defeated Republican Mayes Middleton in the race for Texas attorney general, capturing roughly 52.3% of the vote to Middleton’s about 46% in returns reported after the Nov. 3 election.
- Mayes Middleton publicly conceded the contest by phone and social post, clearing the way for Johnson’s victory to be formally accepted.
- Johnson said he will stop the Paxton‑era practice of suing out‑of‑state doctors who mail abortion medication to Texans, a change that removes a key tool used to limit access to abortion pills without new legislation.
- Republican Ken Paxton’s departure and Johnson’s election cut off Texas’s recent outsized role in coordinated conservative multi‑state litigation and signal a narrower national litigation footprint for the office.
- Johnson, a Dallas state senator who will take office in January 2027, campaigned as a moderate focused on consumer protection and anti‑corruption; his unlikely past as a composer for the English‑language Dragon Ball Z score became a widely noted human‑interest detail during coverage.