Attacks fly in final days of Attorney General Ken Paxton's primary fight

by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

Paxton is targeting one of his challengers, Louie Gohmert, while another challenger, George P. Bush, is going after challenger Eva Guzman.


Attorney General Ken Paxton and his three Republican primary challengers are firing in all directions in the final days before the closely watched election.

Paxton is airing TV ads attacking U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler over his attendance record in Congress, while Gohmert is countering with his own commercial accusing Paxton of desperation. Meanwhile, Land Commissioner George P. Bush is running TV ads targeting Eva Guzman, the former state Supreme Court justice, who says Bush’s claims are “ludicrous.”

It is all making for a hectic end to the hotly contested primary, which recent polls suggest could go to a runoff. The polls have been less clear, though, on who Paxton could face in an overtime round. The election is March 1.

During a campaign stop Tuesday in Tyler, Bush reportedly proclaimed that he is heading to a runoff with Paxton, though his campaign now has Guzman in its crosshairs. His latest TV spot accuses her of a cardinal sin in today’s GOP politics: opposing a border wall.

But Guzman is crying foul. She has long supported a wall in her campaign.

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