The 2022 Texas Attorney General election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the

Attorney General of Texas The Texas attorney general is the chief legal officer
of the

. Incumbent

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Attorney General

Ken Paxton Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Attorney General of Texas since January 2015. Paxton has described himself as a Tea Party conservative. Paxton was re-elected to a t ...

is not term-limited as Texas does not prescribe term limits for state-wide elected officials. He is running for reelection.

Republican primary

Candidates

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George P. Bush George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976) is an American politician and attorney who served as the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Bush unsuccessfully campaigned for the party's ...

, commissioner of the

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, incumbent attorney general

Eliminated in primary

Louie Gohmert Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. (; born August 18, 1953) is an American attorney, politician, and former jurist serving as the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district since 2005. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea P ...

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for ''(declined to endorse in runoff)'' * Eva Guzman, former Justice of the

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Withdrawn

* Matt Krause, state representative from the 93rd district ''(running for

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; endorsed Gohmert)''

Endorsements

First round

Polling

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Results

Gohmert performed best in

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, where he serves as a US representative, Guzman performed best in urban Travis,

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, and

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counties, Bush performed best in the

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, and Paxton performed best in the

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, and

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Runoff

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

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*Rochelle Garza, former attorney for the

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*Joe Jaworski, attorney, mediator, former mayor of

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, and grandson of former

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Eliminated in primary

*Mike Fields, attorney and former judge of the Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 ''(endorsed Garza in runoff)'' * Lee Merritt, civil rights attorney ''(endorsed Garza in runoff)'' *S. T-Bone Raynor, attorney

Declined

*Justin Nelson, nominee for

Texas Attorney General The Texas attorney general is the chief legal officer
of the

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Endorsements

First round

Polling

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Results

Runoff

Polling

Results

Libertarian convention

Declared

*Mark Ash, attorney and candidate for Chief Justice of the

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General election

Predictions

Polling

;George P. Bush vs. Rochelle Garza ;George P. Bush vs. Joe Jaworski ;Ken Paxton vs. Rochelle Garza ;Ken Paxton vs. Joe Jaworski

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
George P. Bush (R) for Attorney General

Rochelle Garza (D) for Attorney General

Joe Jaworski (D) for Attorney General

Ken Paxton (R) for Attorney General
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Texas Attorney General elections

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