Topic summary
Attorney general of Texas
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Texas Attorney General.
History
Attorneys general are elected to four-year terms. In 2013, former attorney general Greg Abbott announced he would run for governor rather than seek reelection. In November 2014, he was elected as the governor of Texas. Ken Paxton defeated former House representative Dan Branch in the Republican primary by a 26% margin and was easily elected in the general election as the 50th attorney general of Texas, (there is a historical dispute whether he is the 50th or 51st attorney general). Paxton was sworn in on January 5, 2015, in the Senate Chamber in the Texas Capitol. Governor Rick Perry, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, United States senator Ted Cruz, and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Dan Patrick all participated in the swearing-in ceremony.