Ken Paxton successfully ousts three Republican criminal appeal court judgesThree incumbent judges with nearly a century of criminal law experience fell victim to Paxtonโs political revenge tour after they ruled against the attorney general in a 2021 voter fraud case.
Paxtonโs push to oust incumbents puts spotlight on Court of Criminal Appeals primariesThe attorney general has tried to supplant eight Republican judges on the court after they rejected his efforts to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud. The judges are now pushing back.
Three court of criminal appeal judges up for reelection targeted by Ken Paxtonโs political revenge machinePaxton promised to go after the Republican judges over their 2021 ruling that struck down the attorney generalโs ability to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud.