Texas AG Ken Paxton rallies for Rep. David Cook as Speaker, opposing Rep. Dustin Burrows, amidst GOP division.

The Texas attorney general said he is frustrated with the longstanding tradition that awards the minority party at least some committee chairmanships.

Paxton’s latest tour is the continuation of his efforts in the past year to get political revenge on House Republicans who supported his impeachment.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Tuesday warned of primary challenges for Republican incumbents in the state Legislature amid an ongoing battle over the Texas House Speakership.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas GOP Chairman Abraham George kicked off a statewide tour in Fort Worth to help Representative David Cook of Mansfield win the Speaker's gavel next week.  Before a standing-room-only crowd at Tarrant County Republican party headquarters,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is speaking up about who he believes lawmakers should choose to serve as the chamber's speaker.

In the lead-up to the Nov. 5 election, Attorney General Ken Paxton ramped up efforts to put his imprint on rules governing elections in Texas and other states. Paxton filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and Virginia’s late purge of suspected noncitizen voters.