Mayes Middleton (R) defeated Chip Roy (R) 55.2% to 44.8% in the Republican primary runoff for Texas Attorney General on May 26. Middleton and Roy were the top two finishers among the four candidates in the March 3 primary. They advanced because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the primary. Middleton received 39.2%, and Roy received 31.7% in the primary.
Incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sought Texas' GOP U.S. Senate nomination.
Middleton and Roy both described the type of attorney general that they thought Texas needed. Middleton said, "We need someone in that office like me who will use every resource and tool to back up President Trump and his America First agenda, and that is exactly what I will do." Roy said, "You need somebody who’s demonstrated strength and independence. We’ve got to defend the state of Texas, defend our borders, defend our streets, keep it safe and defend ourselves against the federal government interfering with us, no matter who’s there.”
