FILE - Rep. Louie Gohmert, D-Texas, discusses the infrastructure measure making its mode done legislature during a quality league held by the House Freedom Caucus connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded tract of Republicans mounting superior challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The East Texas lawmaker is the latest salient Republican seeking to unseat his partys incumbent successful the aftermath of Paxtons apical deputies reporting him to the FBI past twelvemonth for alleged corruption. Gohmert announced his candidacy connected Twitter Monday, Nov. 22, with a fundraising petition that highlighted the latest ethical, moral, and transgression allegations" against Paxton.(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File) (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

AUSTIN, Texas – U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded tract of Republicans mounting superior challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The East Texas lawmaker is the latest salient Republican seeking to unseat his party’s incumbent successful the aftermath of Paxton’s apical deputies reporting him to the FBI past year for alleged corruption. Gohmert announced his candidacy connected Twitter Monday with a fundraising petition that highlighted “the latest ethical, moral, and transgression allegations" against Paxton.

Despite the national probe and long-standing ineligible problems, Paxton has remained competitory successful his party’s superior and won erstwhile President Donald Trump’s endorsement. The lawyer general, who mounted a ineligible situation seeking to overturn Trump’s nonaccomplishment successful the 2020 statesmanlike election, has denied immoderate wrongdoing.

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Gohmert is besides a beardown Trump supporter. He said in a video posted to Twitter that helium backs galore of the cases brought by Paxton’s bureau but that if elected helium “will not hold to beryllium my busiest until aft there’s immoderate atrocious property astir ineligible improprieties.”

Also moving successful the Republican superior are Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the lad of erstwhile Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and grandson of erstwhile President George H.W. Bush and ex-state Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman.

State Rep. Matt Krause, who had earlier joined the primary, dropped retired of the contention precocious Monday and said helium would alternatively tally for Tarrant County territory attorney.

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