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Ken Paxton Is—Zzzzzz—Our Bum Steer of the Year Runner-Up

DATE POSTED:December 16, 2024
For more Bum Steers coverage, read about commercial airlines, Elon Musk, John Whitmire, and our Bum Steer of the Year, Jerry Jones. For some of this year’s more uplifting moments, check out the Best Things in Texas. Bum Steer runner-up Ken Paxton has had a hell of a year or two. In a September 2023 impeachment trial, our ethics-adjacent attorney general was acquitted by the Texas Senate on sixteen counts of corruption and bribery related to his cozy relationship with Nate Paul, a disgraced Austin real estate mogul. Buoyed by that victory, Paxton endorsed dozens of challengers to the House Republicans who had earlier voted to impeach him. Many of those insurgents won their races in 2024—and have promised revenge against Paxton’s remaining enemies during…

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