Only 28% of Republican respondents agreed that the charges against Texas’ attorney general were warranted, compared to 42% of independents and three-quarters of Democrats, the poll found.
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Paxton’s approval dropped to 27% among all voters, the lowest in two years, the poll found. But among Republicans, it remained 46%. Paxton’s camp has argued that Republican senators risk their political careers by voting to convict the attorney general. But a majority of Republicans in the House, including all that represented Paxton’s home of Collin County, were willing to take that risk byPaxton and his lawyers have argued that he should remain in office because voters have been aware of the questions surrounding his ethics and have re-elected him twice, most recently in 2022.
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