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Democrat Nathan Johnson flips Texas attorney general’s office

Democrat Nathan Johnson flips Texas attorney general’s office

Summary

Texas voters elected state Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Democrat from Dallas, as attorney general on Tuesday. His victory flips an office that had been a conservative stronghold under outgoing Republican Ken Paxton and makes Johnson the state’s first Democratic attorney general in decades.

Key Facts

  • Nathan Johnson is a Texas state senator from Dallas.
  • Johnson is a Democrat.
  • Texas voters elected Johnson attorney general on Tuesday.
  • Johnson’s win flips the attorney general’s office from Republican to Democratic control.
  • Outgoing Attorney General Ken Paxton is a Republican.
  • Johnson is poised to become Texas’s first Democratic attorney general in decades.
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