The fate of Texas' impeached attorney general rests in hands of 31 state senators―including his wife

If the Senate removed Paxton, though, election law professor Quinn Yeargain writes in Guaranteed Republics that Abbott would be tasked with picking a replacement, and that this person would require the support of two-thirds of the Senate in order to be confirmed. Yeargain adds that a November 2024 special election would take place for the final two years of Paxton’s term should he be convicted. This could be a consequential pick should Abbott get to make it, as political observers point out that whoever holds the powerful post of attorney...