Candidate for TX Attorney General. Texas Senator District 16. Public Servant. Lawyer. Music Composer #DragonBallZ. Likes facts. #TXLege #SD16 #NJ4AG

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Your Attorney General should deliver for you, not party bosses or billionaire donors. In the Senate, I've expanded health care, fortified the power grid, and led the fight against corruption in the highest levels of state government. I'm ready to deliver even bigger wins as AG.
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Tired political narratives, contrived to sow anger and drive division — they’re wearing thin. Texans don’t have the luxury of indulging in culture wars when they’re worried about keeping their jobs and putting food on the table. Can we stop wasting time and energy and brain power on fake problems and get to work solving the real ones?
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It’s time for an attitude change in the Attorney General’s office. We’ve become so accustomed to having an AG driven by petty grievance and ideological zealotry that we've forgotten what this office was meant to do. Let's put it back to work doing a powerful amount of good.
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A new poll has the Texas AG race within 3 percentage points. When we look deeper at the numbers — I win. We need to stop asking whether a Democrat can win and start asking how big the margin will be.
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Mayes Middleton thinks he can buy the Attorney General’s office, just like he bought the Republican AG nomination. I think Texans see right through it. There’s serious work to be done. And I’m ready to do it.
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Voting to turn a blind eye to corruption is, in itself, an act of corruption. If Mayes Middleton can’t stand up for the rule of law as a State Senator, he is certainly unfit to be Attorney General.
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I think I’ll have to spend a lot of time suing the Trump administration.
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Mayes Middleton is just a richer Ken Paxton. The job of the Attorney General is not to antagonize political enemies or to push partisan agendas. The era of corruption in the AG's office ends on November 3rd.
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Texas should have a good lawyer. Extremely grateful to have earned the Democratic nomination for Texas Attorney General. We’ve got a lot of work to do — onward to November!
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I’m running for Texas Attorney General to restore trust, defend Texans’ rights, and bring competent leadership back to the office. Today, May 26th. Make your voice heard.
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I think people are tired of politicians talking down to them. People are interested in the nuances. I have too much respect voters to speak to them in absurd incendiary language. Let's elect an Attorney General who respects people and the law.
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Was Trump's endorsement of Ken Paxton the result of a ballroom temper tantrum? Yup. Trump endorsed Paxton just to spite Senate Majority Leader Thune, when Thune refused to break Senate rules at Trump’s instruction. It was that petty. MAGA in a nutshell: do what Trump says. Chip Roy and Mayes Middleton have already pledged to use the power of the AG give Trump whatever he wants. As Texas Attorney General, I’ll answer to the rule of law, not to the declining MAGA movement.
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Partisan gerrymandering is disenfranchising voters across the country. I’ve opposed it all along. I filed legislation to ban mid-decade redistricting, and legislation to create an independent redistricting commission in Texas. I rallied legislators across the nation to stand with Texas Democrats in opposition to the hyper-partisan Republican maps last summer. As AG, I will not defend maps that violate the law.
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We have the wind at our backs to bring powerfully good leadership the AG's office! Thank you to the leaders and organizations across Texas who have given their support and wisdom to this campaign. Early voting for the runoff started today. Now let’s go vote — and bring a friend!
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Nathan Johnson retweeted
I had the honor of introducing my friend and colleague, Senator @NathanForTexas, to our community as we visited several churches throughout #SD13 to celebrate pastoral and church anniversaries. Congratulations to Pastor Timothy Sloan of The Luke Church, Pastor Mose Jones of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Gusta Booker III of Greater St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Pastors Remus and Mia Wright of Fountain of Praise, and Bishop Johnny Tates of Powerhouse Church of God in Christ. Thank you to each congregation for welcoming us with such warmth and open arms as we celebrated with them. #hounews #txlege
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Texas editorial boards rarely agree on much. But this year, every major newspaper in the state endorsed me in this Democratic primary for the office of Attorney General. I'm grateful for their trust and ready to restore this office to its true purpose.
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I want the same thing for young Texans as for everyone else: to be able to lead a good and meaningful life. The difference is, young people are gonna be here longer. So the stakes are higher. The AG has a lot of power. I intend to use it to make life better.
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Texas Republicans are increasingly getting their orders from DC politicians instead of their own constituents. It's up to the Attorney General to push back against unconstitutional laws that serve outsiders over Texans. What happened to putting Texas first?
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Chip Roy wants to authorize ICE — ICE!! — to strip citizenship from and deport naturalized American citizens for expressing (non-violent) political ideas. That’s not how we do things in a free country.
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Quality has gone down, prices have gone up, and consumers are being manipulated. As AG, I will make sure that powerful corporations don't control the rules of the game, and are forced to compete.
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