Mayes Middleton Campaigns for Texas Attorney General in San Angelo

SAN ANGELO, TX — Texas State Senator Mayes Middleton, a Republican representing Senate District 11, visited San Angelo last week to discuss his campaign for Texas attorney general, outlining priorities that include border security, election integrity, anti-corruption efforts, and public safety.

Middleton, who previously served in the Texas House of Representatives and chaired the Texas House Freedom Caucus, said he intends to use the attorney general’s office “to advance the conservative movement.” He described the position as “the sword and the shield for everyone in the state,” responsible not only for enforcing laws but also for protecting constitutional values.

The senator, who operates an oil and gas business on the Gulf Coast and is a practicing attorney, said his record of rejecting state salary, pension, and perks, stating that public office is “a calling, not a job.”

Middleton said that as attorney general, he would strengthen enforcement against sanctuary cities, support creation of a division within the office to target cartels and organized crime, and launch an anti-corruption unit to investigate waste, fraud, and abuse. He also said he would seek to investigate political donor George Soros and local officials “not enforcing the laws that we’re passing in Texas.”

On election integrity, Middleton said the office must have the power to prosecute voter-fraud cases after the Legislature recently restored that authority. “We need a standalone election integrity division in the AG’s office that has law enforcement powers and the ability to respond rapidly,” he said.

Middleton also addressed consumer protection and disaster-related price gouging, citing his previous legislation to remove soda and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. He said the change reduces taxpayer-funded health costs and aligns the program with its purpose to provide nutritious food.

Discussing public health and drug enforcement, Middleton reiterated support for Senate bills that would prohibit the sale of THC products in Texas. He called marijuana-derived products “illegal under federal law” and said their potency and marketing toward children have created new public-safety challenges.

Middleton voted to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton on all impeachment charges and praised Paxton’s record “fighting against Joe Biden and local governments not enforcing the laws we passed.”

He concluded by stressing that law and order “is one of the most basic functions of government,” saying that without public safety, Texans “cannot exercise their God-granted freedoms of life, liberty, and property.”

Middleton is one of several Republicans running for attorney general in 2026. The Republican primary is scheduled for March 3, 2026.

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