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American politician and lawyer (born 1962)
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 51st attorney general of Texas since 2015. He is the Republican Party nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Texas.
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The Texas attorney general’s use of a taxpayer-funded travel security detail stands out when compared with his predecessor and other state officials, our analysis found.
Ken Paxton's taxpayer-funded travel security cost $3.3 million, prompting James Talarico to demand repayment after a new investigation.
Reporter Zach Despart with The Texas Tribune and ProPublica discusses his investigation titled, "Ken Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips with state-funded security detail costing millions of dollars."