After resigning from the Texas Supreme Court, Eva Guzman has filed the paperwork to run for Texas Attorney General in 2022 against incumbent Ken Paxton and current Land Commissioner George P. Bush:
Eva Guzman, who worked as a state supreme court justice from 2009 until her resignation last week, has filed the paperwork necessary to run in the Republican primary to be the Texas attorney general.
The campaign treasurer appointment (CTA) form was received by the Texas Ethics Commission on June 11 — the date her resignation became effective — and was processed on June 14.
Guzman’s CTA lists Orlando Salazar of Dallas, the vice-chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, as her treasurer.
Having three serious candidates in a down-ballot race is certainly going to make things more interesting.
Michael Quinn Sullivan ran a poll to see what conservatives though of the race. Guzman is a mostly unknown entrant at this point, but the lack of enthusiasm for George P. Bush is palpable:
A prominent Hispanic Republican running probably hurts Bush more than Paxton. Paxton has a lot of solid conservative backers, while George P. Bush has the legendary Bush fundraising machine and squishy Chamber of Commerce business types behind him. As of now, I don’t have a good feel for what sort of backing Guzman has in the race, though ideologically she seems somewhere between the two. If you have a better idea of who’s backing Guzman, feel free to share them in the comments.
Since it appears that I’m now tracking the race, let me throw up some links:
Tags: 2022 Attorney General's Race, 2022 Election, Elections, Eva Guzman, George P. Bush, Ken Paxton, Michael Quinn Sullivan, Orlando Salazar, Republicans
I would crawl over 10 miles of broken glass and barbed wire to vote for anyone other than a Bush
Get out the BUSHES!
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Woo, NOTA! GO GO GO!
I feel that anyone getting beat by None Of The Above should be disqualified from running for any office for one complete election cycle.
Of course, I also feel that there should be an option to post a negative (-1) vote *against* anyone in a given race. Give the public the option to screw their choice of vote-beggar *directly* like that, y’all will see *record* turnouts.
No way politicritters will let that happen, of course…
Guzman looks to be a solid alternative to us conservatives who are uncomfortable with Paxton’s performance. While his policy positions have been generally sound, Paxton’s personal ethics and running of the AG’s office have been questionable. I’ve had some limited exposure to Guzman while she was on the bench and she struck me as a thoughtful jurist. I’m willing to give her a chance. As for Bush – no way, no how. I worked for that clown; he doesn’t have the brains to tie his own shoes.