Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) announced his run on Thursday to replace Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for the Senate next year.
Reports surfaced earlier this month that Roy was considering a bid for the statewide office. A vocal member of the House Freedom Caucus and a staunch fiscal hawk, the congressman has served four terms. Now, he wants to switch it up.
In his inaugural campaign statement, Roy said even though he could serve in the House “forever and be fulfilled professionally,” all congressmen shouldn’t serve permanently. He noted that last month’s devastating floods in central Texas made him “want to come home” and serve his state.
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“Texas is under assault — from open-border politicians, radical leftists and faceless foreign corporations that threaten
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