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Nathan Johnson Enters Texas Attorney General Race as First Democrat in Over Three Decades

He promises to restore integrity to an attorney general’s office he says has been tarnished by scandal.

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State Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, announced Tuesday he is running for Texas attorney general. 
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Overview

  • State Sen. Nathan Johnson of Dallas announced his campaign on July 15, marking the first Democratic bid for Texas attorney general since 1994.
  • Johnson criticized his predecessor’s tenure for personal scandals and a heavy focus on partisan lawsuits against the Biden administration.
  • Attorney General Ken Paxton vacated the post in April to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, creating an open race for the first time in more than a decade.
  • Republican contenders Mayes Middleton, Joan Huffman and Aaron Reitz have already declared primary campaigns, each highlighting conservative legal credentials.
  • A Johnson victory would end a 31-year Democratic drought in statewide office and reshape the role of Texas’s top legal official.