Ken Paxton may have run afoul of Texas ethics laws with Senate campaign launch

Published April 21, 2025 6:00am ET



Republican Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running for Sen. John Cornyn‘s (R-TX) seat, appears to have violated the Lone Star State’s ethics laws by using public resources in his campaign launch ad.

The video features uniformed police officers from the Dallas suburb of Collin County, Texas, a move the Texas Ethics Commission told the Washington Examiner would typically be against its code barring the use of government resources for political advertising.

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