{"id":310082,"date":"2026-05-27T02:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310082\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T02:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:24:07","slug":"mayes-middleton-projected-to-win-republican-texas-attorney-general-primary-runoff-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310082\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayes Middleton projected to win Republican Texas attorney general primary runoff race"},"content":{"rendered":"

State Sen. Mayes Middleton defeated his opponent, Congressman Chip Roy in the primary runoff election on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas Republicans have chosen their nominee for attorney general.<\/p>\n

Current AG Ken Paxton, a Republican, chose to enter the U.S. Senate race, leaving his position up for grabs. But after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the primary election, both the Republican and Democratic races for AG went to a runoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Congressman Chip Roy and State Sen. Mayes Middleton went head-to-head, with the Associated Press projecting Middleton as the winner on Tuesday. He will now face Democrat Nathan Johnson in November.<\/p>\n


\nAbout Mayes Middleton <\/p>\n

Middleton first announced his intention to run for attorney general in April 2025, shortly after Paxton announced he would be challenging incumbent U.S. Sen. Cornyn. In the time since, Middleton has branded himself as \u201cMAGA Mayes,\u201d aligning himself with President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a calling for me \u2013 it is not a job. The most important thing in the attorney general\u2019s role is defeating the left, and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve been doing for the past seven years in the Legislature,\u201d Middleton said in a recent interview with KVUE<\/a>, adding, \u201cThis is a \u2018show me, don\u2019t tell me\u2019 business. We are tired of politicians telling us what they\u2019re gonna do; they\u2019ve gotta show us the results. And that\u2019s exactly what I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

On his campaign website, Middleton says he is committed to \u201cprotecting Texas values, defending common sense, and putting hardworking families first.\u201d His priorities include securing the border, cracking down on crime and holding \u201crogue district attorneys accountable,\u201d shutting down \u201cthe woke-left\u2019s radical gender agenda\u201d and eliminating \u201cwaste, fraud and abuse in government,\u201d among other things.<\/p>\n

Middleton is an attorney and president of the Middleton Oil Company, and he also runs ranching, cattle and farming operations. In the Texas Senate, he represents Senate District 11, which covers portions of Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties. He says during his time in the Texas Legislature, he has \u201cconsistently ranked among the most conservative members.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to his time in the Texas Senate, Middleton served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives, representing Chambers and Galveston counties. During his final term in the house, he served as chairman of the Texas House Freedom Caucus.<\/p>\n

He has a law degree from the University of Texas Law School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State Sen. Mayes Middleton defeated his opponent, Congressman Chip Roy in the primary runoff election on Tuesday. AUSTIN,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-310082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}