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Just three weeks before the 2018 general election, Paxton confirmed that voter fraud charges had been filed against four Hispanic women accused of participation in 2016 in an organized ring that focused upon elderly residents in the Fort Worth area to use those senior citizens to generate forged mail-in ballots, many of which were for Democratic candidates. Paxton accuses the women of "assisting" the senior citizens to monitor their choices of candidates or filling out the ballots and having the voter sign the mail-in ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/10/16/authorities-charge-organized-ring-with-voter-fraud-for-generating-forged-ballots-many-for-democrats|title=Authorities charge organized ring with voter fraud for generating forged ballots, many for Democratic candidates|publisher=Theblaze.com|accessdate=October 16, 2018|accessdate=October 18, 2018}}</ref>

Just three weeks before the 2018 general election, Paxton confirmed that voter fraud charges had been filed against four Hispanic women accused of participation in 2016 in an organized ring that focused upon elderly residents in the Fort Worth area to use those senior citizens to generate forged mail-in ballots, many of which were for Democratic candidates. Paxton accuses the women of "assisting" the senior citizens to monitor their choices of candidates or filling out the ballots and having the voter sign the mail-in ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/10/16/authorities-charge-organized-ring-with-voter-fraud-for-generating-forged-ballots-many-for-democrats|title=Authorities charge organized ring with voter fraud for generating forged ballots, many for Democratic candidates|publisher=Theblaze.com|accessdate=October 16, 2018|accessdate=October 18, 2018}}</ref>

Paxton won a second term as attorney general in the general election held on November 6, 2018. He defeated the Democrat Justin Nelson, a lawyer from Austin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>

Paxton won a second term as attorney general in the general election held on November 6, 2018. In a close contest, he defeated Nelson, 4,173,538 (50.6 percent) to 3,874,096 (47 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>