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Line 31: − He is a candidate for a third term in the upcoming Republican [[primary]] on March 1, 2022. He is polling far ahead of three potentially strong opponents, [[U.S. Representative]] [[Louie Gohmert]], outgoing state Land Commissioner [[George P. Bush]], son of the former [[Florida]] [[Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]], and Eva Guzman, who stepped down from the Texas Supreme Court to make the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/louie-gohmert-republican-lawmaker-who-downplayed-the-insurrection-wants-to-be-the-top-law-enforcement-officer-in-texas/ar-AAR1jMm?ocid=msedgntp|title=Louie Gohmert: Republican lawmaker who downplayed the insurrection wants to be the top law enforcement officer in Texas|publisher=msn.com|date=November 23, 2021|author=Devan Cole|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref>+ Line 38:
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'''Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr.''', known as '''Ken Paxton''' (born December 23, 1962), is an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] who has been since January 2015 the [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] attorney general of his adopted state of [[Texas]].
'''Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr.''', known as '''Ken Paxton''' (born December 23, 1962), is an [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] who has been since January 2015 the [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] attorney general of his adopted state of [[Texas]].
Paxton is a candidate for a third term in the upcoming Republican [[primary]] runoff scheduled for May 24, 2022, when he will face outgoing state Land Commissioner [[George P. Bush]], the son of the [[Moderate Republican]] former [[Florida]] [[Governor]] [[Jeb Bush]] and uncle of the Moderate Republican former [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]]. In the primary held on March 1, former State Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman and outgoing [[U.S. Representative]] [[Louie Gohmet]] of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] finished in third and fourth place, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/louie-gohmert-republican-lawmaker-who-downplayed-the-insurrection-wants-to-be-the-top-law-enforcement-officer-in-texas/ar-AAR1jMm?ocid=msedgntp|title=Louie Gohmert: Republican lawmaker who downplayed the insurrection wants to be the top law enforcement officer in Texas|publisher=msn.com|date=November 23, 2021|author=Devan Cole|accessdate=November 24, 2021}}</ref>
Paxton was born in Minot, [[North Dakota]], to a military family that lived at times in five states. He graduated from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, and the [[University of Virginia]] School of Law in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]].
Paxton was born in Minot, [[North Dakota]], to a military family that lived at times in five states. He graduated from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, and the [[University of Virginia]] School of Law in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]].
He resides in McKinney in Collin County with his wife, [[Angela Paxton]], whom he met at Baylor and who is also his political advisor and a current Texas state senator. The couple has four children and are members of [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]] in Plano.
He resides in McKinney in Collin County with his wife, [[Angela Paxton]], whom he met at Baylor and who is also his political advisor and a current Texas state senator. The couple has four children and are members of [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]] in Plano.
==Career==
==Career==