Ken Paxton's office sues over get-out-the-vote efforts
The gist
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office sued Harris County's clerk over get-out-the-vote ads it called racially discriminatory.
The suit was filed in the final days of early voting in a county key to his Senate race.
How it unfolded
- Oct 29, 2026Paxton's office filed suit in Harris County District Court against County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth's office and her communications director Irene Nuñez, alleging the get-out-the-vote ads on Meta platforms were racially discriminatory and seeking an injunction to pull or reconfigure them.
- Oct 29, 2026The office said Paxton recused himself because he is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on the November ballot; the petition lists First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster and other officials.
- Oct 29, 2026The parties reached an interim agreement to pause the ads until after Election Day, covering removal of the get-out-the-vote ad tags.