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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican who is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn, is endorsing Aaron Reitz for attorney general, Fox News Digital has learned.

Paxton is throwing his support behind Reitz, who previously served under him as Texas deputy attorney general for legal strategy, just days after U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R- Texas , who previously served under Paxton as first assistant attorney general of the Lone Star State, announced a run for the attorney general post.

"One of the most frequent questions Texans ask me is: ‘Ken, who should succeed you as Attorney General?’ My answer is now definitive: Aaron Reitz," Paxton said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

Paxton described Reitz

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