GEORGE P. BUSH

More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.

The Sierra Club and others have filed lawsuit against Texas officials over Boca Chica closures during SpaceX Starship activities.

In this edition: Lessons from all of May's primaries, redistricting madness drags into Memorial Day weekend, and the director of Justice Democrats lays out their new strategy to replace centrists.

In a runoff primary election with George P. Bush, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pulled off a win. Paxton is embattled in legal issues but easily won over his Republican rival.

Former President Donald Trump’s crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries despite rejecting Trump’s entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.

Election 2022 Texas Attorney General FILE - Republican Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush makes a campaign stop, Feb. 10, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Bush is running for attorney general in Texas' Republican primary runoff election against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (Eric Gay)AUSTIN, Texas — Tuesday’s primary runoff election in Texas will test how much weight the Bush family name still carries in America’s biggest red state in the race for attorney general. But George P. Bush, who’s challenging embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Republican nomination, says Tuesday’s vote isn’t about family dynasty. Bush, who now serves as Texas’ land commissioner, called Paxton “a crook ... who continually abuses his office.”Bush forced a runoff against Paxton during a crowded four-way primary election in March.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has won the Republican primary in a bid to keep his job.

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

Voters in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota are heading to the polls Tuesday.

Election 2022 What to Watch FILE - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during an interview on Oct. 28, 2021, in Atlanta. In Arkansas, former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is a front-runner for the Republican nomination for governor. In the Atlanta area, an unfavorable new district led Rep. McBath to jump into a Democratic primary against fellow Rep. Bourdeaux. Former state Rep. Brad Finstad has the backing of several Minnesota GOP officeholders. He has reminded voters he was Trump’s Minnesota director for USDA Rural Development.

In Alabama, former President Trump pulled his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks in the Senate race.

Election 2022 What to Watch FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., departs the House chamber at the end of votes, at the Capitol in Washington, May 12, 2022. Greene is testing Republican voters' tolerance for controversy in the May 24, 2022, Republican primary. In Arkansas, former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is a front-runner for the Republican nomination for governor. In the Atlanta area, an unfavorable new district led Rep. McBath to jump into a Democratic primary against fellow Rep. Bourdeaux. He has reminded voters he was Trump’s Minnesota director for USDA Rural Development.

Georgia takes center stage in Tuesday’s primary elections as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger try to fight back challengers endorsed by Donald Trump.

Ohio’s crowded Republican Senate race has been all about one man: Donald Trump.

And what they can tell us about the state of both parties going into November's midterm elections.

One House Democrat faces his toughest primary yet and the GOP governor faced far-right challengers.

The state's elections Tuesday will help determine the political staying power of the Bush family, the potency of former president Trump’s endorsements and the state’s future representation on Capitol Hill.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season.

Election 2022 Texas Bush FILE - Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush speaks at a kick-off rally where he announced he will run for Texas Attorney General, June 2, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (Eric Gay)LAKEWAY, Texas — (AP) — Fighting to stay in office, George P. Bush — the last of the Bush family still on the ballot — greeted a small outdoor crowd at an Austin brewery sounding like most Republicans running in Texas' primary Tuesday. Brown has been a donor to both Paxton and George P. Bush and said he considers Paxton a friend, having hosted dinners for the attorney general at his home in Virginia. George W. Bush, the former president and Texas governor, donated $100,000 in the final weeks and Jeb Bush chipped in $25,000. George P. Bush said he talks strategy with his uncle and didn't rule out having his family campaign for him in a runoff.

The 2022 midterm election season opens Tuesday in Texas.

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The family brand has taken a hit in conservative Texas. As he seeks the nomination for attorney general, Bush says he runs “as my own man.“

The race to the right in Texas Republican primaries, the aftermath of San Francisco's school board recalls and gunshots fired at a Kentucky Democrat kick off a debate about bail reform.

The 2022 election season starts March 1 with contests that will shine a spotlight on the power of the former president’s endorsements.

AUSTIN, Texas — (AP) — U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded field of Republicans mounting primary challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The East Texas lawmaker is the latest prominent Republican seeking to unseat his party's incumbent in the wake of Paxton's top deputies reporting him to the FBI last year for alleged corruption. The attorney general, who mounted a legal challenge seeking to overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election, has denied any wrongdoing. Also running in the Republican primary are Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. State Rep. Matt Krause, who had earlier joined the primary, dropped out of the race late Monday and said he would instead run for Tarrant County district attorney.

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded field of Republicans mounting primary challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

George P. Bush learns the GOP's Trump lesson the hard way

Bush, whose family has roots in the state and the Republican Party, had been angling for Trump’s backing.

Lawyers for Texas’ embattled attorney general have asked the state bar association to drop its investigation into whether the Republican’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

Candidates can't get a grip on President Biden. So they're going after his No. 2.

Texas AG Ken Paxton's Supreme Court lawsuit to overturn Biden's win could get him disbarred

The Texas bar association has opened an investigation into whether Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

Texas GOP Chairman Allen West is stepping down after a short but combative run of using the job to antagonize top Republicans in America’s biggest red state.

The grandson and nephew of the two Bush presidents accused Paxton of bringing "too much scandal" to the office.

Last week Donald Trump called George P. Bush, the only member of the political dynasty to support him, "my Bush," Politico reported.

George P. Bush announces run for Texas attorney general

Election 2022 George P. Bush Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush arrives for a kick-off rally with his wife Amanda to announced he will run for Texas Attorney General, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Eric Gay)AUSTIN, Texas — (AP) — George P. Bush on Wednesday launched his next political move: a run for Texas attorney general in 2022 that puts the scion of a Republican dynasty against a GOP incumbent shadowed by securities fraud charges and an FBI investigation. “Texans know Attorney General Paxton's rock-solid conservative record,” Paxton spokesman Ian Prior said. On Tuesday, Trump endorsed Abbott for a third term but has not weighed in on Texas' attorney general race, which Bush had signaled for months he would enter. Bush, had said he voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, while George W. Bush said he voted for “none of the above.”During a visit to Texas in 2019, Trump called George P. Bush “the only Bush that likes me.”___Associated Press writer Jake Bleiberg in Dallas contributed to this report.

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George P. Bush on Wednesday launched his next political move: a run for Texas attorney general in 2022 that puts the scion of a Republican dynasty against a GOP incumbent shadowed by securities fraud charges and an FBI investigation. Bush, who has served as Texas' land commissioner since 2015, is the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the nephew and grandson of two former presidents.

Houston residents and officials are seething over a Texas agency's decision to not award the city a single cent of the initial $1 billion in federal flood mitigation funding the state was promised following Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

The attacker is accused of throwing a drink at a 34-year-old man while making anti-Asian statements in Lower Manhattan.