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2018, texas, attorney, general, election, this, article, unclear, citation, style, references, used, made, clearer, with, different, consistent, style, citation, footnoting, june, 2021, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, took, place, november, 2018,. This article has an unclear citation style The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2018 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 6 2018 to elect the Attorney General of Texas Incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton ran for re election 1 The Democratic Party nominated attorney Justin Nelson 2 3 2018 Texas Attorney General election 2014 November 6 2018 2022 Nominee Ken Paxton Justin NelsonParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 4 193 207 3 898 098Percentage 50 57 47 01 County resultsPaxton 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Nelson 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Attorney General before electionKen PaxtonRepublican Elected Attorney General Ken PaxtonRepublicanPaxton was narrowly re elected to a second term by a 3 56 margin of victory 4 Contents 1 Republican primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Democratic primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 Libertarian convention 3 1 Nominated 4 General election 4 1 Endorsements 4 2 Polling 4 3 Results 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesRepublican primary editCandidates edit Ken Paxton incumbent Attorney GeneralResults edit Republican primary results 5 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ken Paxton incumbent 1 312 172 100 55 55 Total votes 1 312 172 100 32 112Turnout 8 6 a 0 81 a Democratic primary editCandidates edit Justin Nelson Susman Godfrey partnerResults edit Democratic primary results 6 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Justin Nelson 884 376 100 Total votes 884 376 100 446 858Turnout 5 79 a 2 57 a Libertarian convention editNominated edit Michael Ray Harris attorney 7 General election editEndorsements edit Ken PaxtonU S Executive Branch officialsDonald Trump 45th President of the United States 8 OrganizationsNational Rifle Association of America 9 Open Carry Texas 10 Polling edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error KenPaxton R JustinNelson D Michael RayHarris L Other UndecidedDixie Strategies September 6 7 2018 519 4 3 45 39 2 15 Texas Lyceum July 9 26 2018 441 4 7 35 25 4 37 Gravis Marketing July 3 7 2018 602 4 0 45 41 14 UoT Texas Tribune June 8 17 2018 1 200 2 83 32 31 6 4 26 Baselice amp Associates R TLRPAC May 21 28 2018 45 33 Results edit General election results Party Candidate Votes Republican Ken Paxton incumbent 4 193 207 50 57 8 23 Democratic Justin Nelson 3 898 098 47 01 8 99 Libertarian Michael Ray Harris 201 310 2 43 0 10 Total votes 8 292 615 100 Republican holdSee also editTexas Attorney General 2018 Texas electionsNotes edit a b c d Percentage of turnout to registered votersReferences edit Patrick Svitek July 25 2018 In re election bid Attorney General Ken Paxton emphasizes record as Democrat seizes on indictment The Texas Tribune Retrieved June 4 2021 McElroy Ashley November 8 2017 Justin Nelson vies for TX attorney general nomination Spectrum News Retrieved June 4 2021 Riedel Sean October 9 2018 Democratic Texas attorney general nominee Justin Nelson makes appearance in Denton North Texas Daily Archived from the original on October 10 2018 Retrieved June 4 2021 Zdun Matt Collier Kiah November 6 2018 Gov Greg Abbott clinches second term as GOP wins closest statewide races in 20 years The Texas Tribune Retrieved June 4 2021 2018 Republican Party Primary Election RESULTS March 10 2018 Archived from the original on March 10 2018 2018 Democratic Party Primary Election RESULTS March 10 2018 Archived from the original on March 10 2018 2018 Candidates lptexas org Archived from the original on September 9 2018 Retrieved September 9 2018 President Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton RAGA May 7 2018 Archived from the original on September 7 2018 NRA Endorses Ken Paxton for Attorney General NRA ILA September 7 2018 Open Carry Texas Endorses Attorney General Ken Paxton AmmoLand com September 5 2018 Archived from the original on September 5 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 Texas Attorney General election amp oldid 1200065228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
