Mayes Middleton, a Texas senator, wins the GOP primary for attorney standard

In his bid to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton as the state’s top cop, Texas attorney general, state senator Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston ), defeating U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX-21 ).

Illegal election results showed that Middleton held 57 percent of the vote to Roy’s 43 percent as of Tuesday night.