Mayes Middleton is an attorney who represents the Galveston area in the Texas Senate and runs a family-owned oil and gas company. He previously served in the Texas House, where he chaired the conservative Texas Freedom Caucus. He’s seeking the Republican nomination in the race to replace Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for U.S. Senate instead of reelection in 2026.

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Andrea Drusch is a Texas politics reporter covering local, state and federal government for the San Antonio Report. She has a journalism degree from TCU's Schieffer School and started her career in Washington,...