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Politician and attorney

Ken Paxton

Best known for Serving as Texas Attorney General and surviving a high-stakes state impeachment trial

Born
1962
From
American
Working since
2002
Also known as
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.

Texas politics never does quiet, and Ken Paxton certainly doesn't either. The state's firebrand Attorney General made a name for himself by taking the federal government to court every chance he got. For years, he ran Texas legal policy like a high-contact sport, turning courtroom brawls into red meat for his loyal conservative base.

Then came the legal headaches that would sink almost anyone else. Between a dramatic impeachment battle in Austin and a years-long securities fraud case, he has faced down career-ending threats and walked away still holding the gavel. In Texas, he remains the ultimate political survivor.

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Ken Paxton in brief

  • —First won election as Texas Attorney General back in 2014.
  • —Beaten every impeachment charge during his high-stakes 2023 Texas Senate trial.
  • —Served in both the Texas House and Texas Senate before taking top office.
  • —Struck a pre-trial deal in 2024 to end a nine-year-old criminal fraud indictment.
  • —Earned his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1991.

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