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Candidate · November 3, 2026 General Election

Ken Paxton

On the ballot for United States Senator · 6-year term

This race is on every Texas ballot. Texas Secretary of State — Offices up for Election in 2026 ↗

Attorney General of Texas (51st), sworn in January 2015; re-elected 2018 and 2022Lawyer; ran his own law firm for 14 years in McKinneyRaised $9.25MRecords check: 3 official entries

Background

Now
Attorney General of Texas (51st), sworn in January 2015; re-elected 2018 and 2022 (Office of the Attorney General of Texas ↗)
Before
Texas House of Representatives, District 70 (first elected 2002, served 10 years); Texas Senate, District 8 (elected 2012) (Office of the Attorney General of Texas ↗)
Work
Lawyer; ran his own law firm for 14 years in McKinney (Office of the Attorney General of Texas ↗)

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In their own words

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Where the money comes from

$9,248,699$9,248,699 in total receipts, through Jun 30, 2026 — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary raised, through Jun 30, 2026

Individuals 98% · PACs & committees 2%

Bands are shares of the $9.24M$9,239,678 attributed to a named source — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary the filing attributes to a named source. Total receipts also include transfers, loans and refunds, which aren’t donations, so these don’t add up to the figure above.

By size of gift

23%<$200
3%$200–499
3%$500–999
5%$1k–1.9k
66%$2k+

Share of the $10.9M$10,903,097 the filing breaks out by gift size — Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary broken out by gift size. Gifts under $200 aren’t itemised individually, so they appear as one combined figure — that is how the filing reports them, not a rounding of ours.

Official filing: Federal Election Commission — candidate financial summary ↗

  • These lines don't add up to total receipts — receipts also include transfers, self-loans and offsets, which aren't donations.
  • Corporations cannot give directly to federal candidates. Any employer information the FEC publishes is self-reported by individual donors, not a corporate gift.
  • Filing is quarterly. The figures above are current only through the coverage date shown, which can be several months old depending on where a candidate is in the filing cycle.

Official records

  • Texas LegislatureMay–September 2023

    The Texas House adopted H.R. 2377 on 27 May 2023, preferring 20 articles of impeachment against him as Attorney General. He was suspended from office pending trial.

    Outcome: The Texas Senate, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, acquitted him. The judgment records that no article of impeachment was sustained — no article reached the 21 votes required — and he was reinstated as Attorney General. Four articles held in abeyance were dismissed; the judgment states that dismissal is a final decision by the Senate and does not itself constitute an acquittal of those charges. (16 September 2023) — Texas Senate — Court of Impeachment record ↗

    Texas Legislature — H.R. 2377 ↗

  • Texas Ethics Commission2008

    Sworn complaint SC-2612257 concerned how political expenditures made by credit card, made with personal funds, and made as reimbursements were reported on campaign finance reports covering January 2005 through the 2006 general election. The commission found credible evidence of violations of the Election Code and of commission rules. The order records that corrected reports were filed in response to the complaint.

    Outcome: A $200 civil penalty by agreed resolution, consented to by the respondent. The commission states the order is a final and complete resolution of the complaint. (12 March 2008) — Texas Ethics Commission — Order SC-2612257 ↗

    Texas Ethics Commission — Order SC-2612257 ↗

  • Texas State Securities Board2014

    Order No. IC14-CAF-03 found that he was paid a share of asset-management fees for soliciting three clients for a state-registered investment adviser in 2004, 2005 and 2012, at times when he was not registered as that firm's investment adviser representative — a violation of Section 12.B of the Texas Securities Act.

    Outcome: A reprimand and a $1,000 administrative fine, by consented order, with an undertaking to give any future solicited client written disclosure of the adviser, the relationship and the compensation terms. (2 May 2014) — Texas State Securities Board — Order IC14-CAF-03 ↗

    Texas State Securities Board — Order IC14-CAF-03 ↗

    How we know this is the same person: This order names "Kenneth Warren Paxton, Jr." — the given names in the reverse order from other official records — and identifies the person by a registration number and a McKinney address, without stating any public office. We attach it on two corroborations: his official Attorney General biography states he ran his own law firm in McKinney for 14 years, and the 2023 impeachment record refers to the same Securities Board registration matter. Readers should weigh that basis themselves.

Checked 28 July 2026: Texas Legislature (impeachment records) · Texas Ethics Commission (final orders) · State Bar of Texas (attorney discipline) · Texas State Securities Board (enforcement orders). The same registries are searched for every candidate in a race, and each entry describes only what the record itself states — including how it ended. We publish no allegations and no news coverage.

  • The Texas Ethics Commission is required by law to keep dismissed complaints, and findings it treats as technical or minor, confidential — so no result there means no publicly-issued final order, not that no complaint was ever filed.
  • A State Bar profile shows public disciplinary history the Bar publishes online; older judgments are held by its disciplinary counsel and aren't in that profile.

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