U.S. Rep. Chip Roy maintains a 10-percentage point lead over state Sen. Mayes Middleton in the Republican primary for Texas attorney general while state Sen. Nathan Johnson holds a slim lead in the Democratic primary for the position, according to the latest public polling released Wednesday.
Roy leads the four-person Republican primary for attorney general, with 33% of the 550 likely Republican voters surveyed between Jan. 20-31. Middleton, R-Galveston, trails Roy with 23%, followed by state Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, with 13% and Aaron Reitz, a former U.S. Department of Justice assistant attorney general, with 6%.