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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Eleanor Klibanoff

In GOP attorney general runoff, two hard-right conservatives spar over experience, Trump loyalty

DRIPPING SPRINGS — When Chip Roy entered the already-crowded GOP attorney general race last year, the Austin congressman thought he could exercise the frontrunner’s privilege to stay out of any negative campaigning.

“I was just trying to run [ads like], ‘I’m Chip Roy, here’s my background, here’s my experience, here’s why I should be attorney general,’” he told a crowd of supporters at a barbecue restaurant Sunday.

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