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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. On Super Tuesday, he wants political revenge. The Republican, who just six months ago was on the brink of removal from office, is charging into Texas’ primaries on a dramatic campaign to oust dozens in his own party. They include rank-and-file legislators, state judges and one of the most powerful figures in Texas: Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan, who oversaw the historic vote last year to impeach Paxton on corruption charges. Paxton’s purge attempt is part of a wild brawl engulfing the state’s dominant political party, where the attacks are blunt and the haymakers personal. Phelan recently punched back with a video reminding voters of Paxton’s extramarital affair, saying Paxton broke an “oath to his wife and God.”

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment, and now he wants political revenge. The conservative Republican attorney general is waging a bruising campaign to oust dozens of his fellow GOP lawmakers in the upcoming Super Tuesday primary. Six months ago, Paxton was on the brink of being removed from office before he was acquitted in his historic impeachment trial. Now he's fiercelly campaigning to oust more than 30 state House Republicans …

1 year ago·San Antonio, United States

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment, and now he wants political revenge. The conservative Republican attorney general is waging a bruising campaign to oust dozens of his fellow GOP lawmakers in the upcoming Super Tuesday primary. Six months ago, Paxton was on the brink of being removed from office before he was acquitted in his historic impeachment trial. Now he’s fiercelly camp…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes

The conservative Republican attorney general is waging a bruising campaign to oust dozens of his fellow GOP lawmakers in the upcoming Super Tuesday primary.

1 year ago·United States

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