Texas Attorney General

Current State AG: Ken Paxton (R)
Political Party: Republican
Assumed Office: 2015

Ken Paxton was elected as attorney general in 2014 and was reelected in 2018 and 2022. AG Paxton previously was elected to the Texas House of Representatives from 2003-2013 and the Texas State Senate from 2013-2015. Previously, AG Paxton worked as an attorney in private practice and as in-house legal counsel with J.C. Penney.

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The AG is an elected position in Texas.

Next Election:November 3, 2026
Election Process:Elected
Term/Limit:4 years / none

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News September 26, 2024

Generative AI Healthcare Company Settles with Texas AG over Product Safety and Accuracy Concerns

Texas AG Ken Paxton settled with Pieces Technologies, Inc. (Pieces)—an artificial intelligence healthcare technology company that offers generative AI products to healthcare facility staff to assist in summarizing, charting, and drafting clinical notes in patients’ records—over allegations that it made deceptive claims about the safety and accuracy of its products in violation of Texas’s Deceptive…

News August 15, 2024

Texas AG Slams the Brakes on Allegedly Unauthorized Collection and Sale of Driver Data

Texas AG Ken Paxton has sued General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC (collectively “GM”) over allegations that GM misled vehicle purchasers into enrolling in programs that collected and shared their driving data with third parties in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). According to the complaint, GM used aggressive marketing and…

News June 20, 2024

GOP AGs Seek to Black Out FERC’s Electrical Transmission & Planning Rule

A group of 19 Republican AGs filed a Rehearing Request to FERC asking it to reconsider its Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Final Rule, which requires transmission providers to conduct long-term regional planning.

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