Paxton's Controversial Tenure Under Fire | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 27, 2026 · 1m

Ken Paxton’s political career is built on surviving scandal after scandal—from a stolen pen to securities fraud and impeachment—yet he’s stayed in power, branding himself as a victim of political enemies. Now, James Talarico is challenging him in a high-stakes Senate race, using past controversies to paint Paxton as part of a corrupt system. While Paxton’s team dismisses the attacks as distractions and frames him as a Trump-like conservative fighter against the political elite, Talarico, with a massive fundraising edge, is zeroing in on specific cases like the Waco lawyer scandal to argue for…