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Former Paxton impeachment lawyer starts bid for Texas House
For a time, it looked like the recent impeachment trial could be the end of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's political career. This did not happen, and instead, the trial could be the beginning of a different one.
J. Mitch Little, who represented Paxton in the recent trial, will now challenge state Rep. Kronda Thimesch, a Republican who represents House District 65 in Denton County. He had served as Thimesch's campaign treasurer until he resigned in August following her vote to impeach Paxton.
Little vociferously defended Paxton in the courtroom of the Texas Senate, and he hasn't let a small obstacle like the ending of the trial stop him from mounting a full-throated defense. All that's changed is the venue, as he has now on Twitter become a frequent antagonist of House Republicans continues to discuss the case and his side's victory.
His former client returned the favor, as Paxton recently said on social media the Texas House "needs" Little. The attorney general has promised to be active in GOP primaries against House members who voted to impeach him, telling one conservative radio host that what those lawmakers "did was wrong" and he's "highly motivated." Little did not respond to requests for comment.
Thimesch in a statement said she planned to run for reelection "on my strong conservative record" and touted her support for border security, property tax reform and fentanyl crackdown bills.
"That is certainly his right to do in the great state of Texas," she said. "I've run in a competitive primary twice already, and won outright both times — which I plan to do again in 2024."
 | Edward McKinley, state government reporter |
Who's up, who's down
Up: Texas' electric grid.
Well there's an "up" you don't see every day! But Texas is set to receive tens of millions of dollars in funding toward expanding and hardening its power grid, as the Biden administration seeks to rapidly shift the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels.
Down: Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.
Citing a recent Hearst Newspapers investigation that found Ogg had launched multiple criminal investigations against Democratic county officials with whom she was publicly feuding, a group of Houston-area Democrats are surveying local precinct chairs to gauge interest in censuring Ogg, also a Democrat.
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