Paxton's Out-of-State Travel Cost Texas $1.9M

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, now running for U.S. Senate, left about 730 workdays blank on official calendars and took over 275 out-of-state trips since 2015, an AP review found. Security detail expenses for the travel cost taxpayers at least $1.9 million, with reimbursements spiking from about $30,000 in 2015 to nearly $400,000 in 2024. Democratic opponent James Talarico has seized on the issue in a race that could decide Senate control.