2018 Texas Attorney General election

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2018 Texas Attorney General election
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  2014 November 6, 2018 2022  
Turnout41.6% [1] (Increase2.svg 17.0%)
  Ken Paxton by Gage Skidmore.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Ken Paxton Justin Nelson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote4,193,2073,898,098
Percentage50.57%47.01%

Texas Attorney General Election Results by County, 2018.svg
2018 Texas Attorney General election by precinct.svg
Paxton:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%
Nelson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

Attorney General before election

Ken Paxton
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Ken Paxton
Republican

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. [2] The Democratic Party nominated attorney Justin Nelson. [3] [4]

Contents

Paxton was narrowly re-elected to a second term by a 3.56% margin of victory. [5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Ken Paxton (incumbent) 1,312,172 100% +55.55%
Total votes1,312,172 100% +32,112
Turnout 8.6% [a] −0.81%'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000056−QINU`"'

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Justin Nelson 884,376 100%
Total votes884,376 100% +446,858
Turnout 5.79% [a] +2.57%'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000005E−QINU`"'

Libertarian convention

Nominated

General election

Endorsements

Ken Paxton
U.S. Executive Branch officials

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Ken
Paxton (R)
Justin
Nelson (D)
Michael Ray
Harris (L)
OtherUndecided
Dixie Strategies [12] September 6–7, 2018519± 4.3%45%39%2%15%
Texas Lyceum [13] July 9–26, 2018441± 4.7%35%25%4%37%
Gravis Marketing [14] July 3–7, 2018602± 4.0%45%41%14%
UoT/Texas Tribune [15] June 8–17, 20181,200± 2.83%32%31%6%4%26%
Baselice & Associates (R-TLRPAC) [16] May 21–28, 201845%33%

Results

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Ken Paxton (incumbent) 4,193,207 50.57% −8.23%
Democratic Justin Nelson3,898,09847.01%+8.99%
Libertarian Michael Ray Harris201,3102.43%−0.10%
Total votes8,292,615 100%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Paxton won 22 of 36 congressional districts, with the remaining 14 going to Nelson, including one that elected a Republican. [17]

DistrictPaxtonNelsonRepresentative
1st 71%28% Louie Gohmert
2nd 50%48% Ted Poe
Dan Crenshaw
3rd 51%46% Sam Johnson
Van Taylor
4th 73%25% John Ratcliffe
5th 59%39% Jeb Hensarling
Lance Gooden
6th 51%47% Joe Barton
Ron Wright
7th 46%52% John Culberson
Lizzie Fletcher
8th 71%27% Kevin Brady
9th 19%80% Al Green
10th 49%48% Michael McCaul
11th 76%21% Mike Conaway
12th 60%38% Kay Granger
13th 78%20% Mac Thornberry
14th 57%41% Randy Weber
15th 41%57% Vicente Gonzalez
16th 28%68% Beto O'Rourke
Veronica Escobar
17th 54%43% Bill Flores
18th 20%78% Sheila Jackson Lee
19th 70%27% Jodey Arrington
20th 33%64% Joaquín Castro
21st 49%48% Lamar Smith
Chip Roy
22nd 50%48% Pete Olson
23rd 50%47% Will Hurd
24th 48%49% Kenny Marchant
25th 52%46% Roger Williams
26th 57%40% Michael Burgess
27th 59%38% Michael Cloud
28th 39%59% Henry Cuellar
29th 26%73% Gene Green
Sylvia Garcia
30th 18%80% Eddie Bernice Johnson
31st 50%46% John Carter
32nd 45%53% Pete Sessions
Colin Allred
33rd 22%75% Marc Veasey
34th 40%57% Filemon Vela Jr.
35th 28%68% Lloyd Doggett
36th 70%28% Brian Babin

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Percentage of turnout to registered voters

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