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For the first time in a decade, Texas voters will have the chance to select a new attorney general without an incumbent in the race.

At The Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, candidates from both sides of the aisle pitched themselves as the best person to take the place of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton , who is stepping down to challenge Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary.

Since 2014, Paxton, a Republican, has reimagined the office as a conservative battering ram against Democratic presidents and priorities, a traditi

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