Ken Paxton

Most of those voters are in Harris County, home to Houston. Noncitizen voting is illegal and documented instances are rare.

State Sen. Angela Paxton, the attorney general's wife, asked last week for the records to be sealed. A new judge brought on after the initial judge recused herself granted the request.

The investigation, which also targets Cameron, Eastland and Guadalupe counties, comes ahead of a special legislative session in which state lawmakers will consider giving the attorney general's office the authority to prosecute election crimes. A Houston attorney says the probe is part of a "smoke and mirrors game" to diminish the influence of Democratic voters.

Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate, has been attorney general since 2015. His wife, Angela Paxton, is a state senator. Both are Republican.

The upcoming race for the Texas U.S. Senate seat is shaping up to be one of the nation's more interesting contests. Incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn is being eclipsed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the GOP nomination. Former NASA Astronaut Terry Virts is running for the Democratic nomination while other Dems ready their own campaign launches.

A Texas appeals court prevented the city from moving forward with its plan to allocate $100,000 for "downstream" reproductive health services — likely including abortion travel — until a lawsuit worked its way through the judicial process.

The poll also shows the Texas attorney general leading the state’s senior senator by 7 points if U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt enters next year's Republican primary for Cornyn's Senate seat. But Paxton’s lead drops to within the margin of error against his most likely Democratic challengers in the general election.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has his eyes on Washington. On Tuesday, he announced that he will challenge U.S. Senator John Cornyn in 2026. Cornyn has represented Texas in Congress for more than two decades. Here's a primer on what we know about the faceoff so far.

The attorney general positions himself as a disruptor against the Republican establishment embodied in the longtime Senate fixture.

The suit accuses the City of San Antonio of 'circumventing Texas's pro-life protections' and calls for a temporary restraining order and injunctive relief.