Texas Senator Joan Huffman Joins AG Race to Replace Paxton

Texas state Sen. Joan Huffman (R) launched a campaign for state Attorney General on Monday, becoming the third major candidate in next year’s GOP primary to succeed Ken Paxton.

Huffman, of Houston, has served in the Senate since 2009 and this month led the upper chamber in an 11th-hour deal with the House to give judges their first base pay increase in more than a decade.

• Huffman, a former felony prosecutor and criminal district court judge in Harris County, chairs the Senate Finance Committee and previously chaired the Jurisprudence Committee
• She’ll square off against fellow state Sen. Mayes Middleton, along ...