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Ken Paxton: “There was a need for Texas to replace somebody that's been…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Paxton responds to other U.S. Senate candidate's comments

Published | Video Starts at 01:07

I mean, you can make up a name for somebody. I'm just trying represent the people of Texas. I could have easily retired. But you know what? I felt like There was a need for Texas to replace somebody that's been here, has been in office for over four decades. has been in the US Senate for 24 years and wants to be there for 30, whose time has really come. He has not accomplished what Texas needed, and that's what I'm focused on. (01:07–01:13)

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Asserts the need to replace a long-serving official in Texas.

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