Conservative heavyweights speak highly of Aaron Reitz, but none have offered an official endorsement yet.
DALLAS — Long a stepping stone for higher office, the race for attorney general in Texas will be crowded, particularly on the Republican side. And for the first time in more than a decade, there will be movement in the office.
Attorney Aaron Reitz wasted no time jumping into the race.
While you may not immediately recognize the name, Reitz is a veteran of the conservative legal movement in Texas and a former senior official at the Department of Justice.
When we asked him how he would differentiate himself from everyone else running for AG, Reitz simply referred to President Donald Trump.
“I’m the only one who President Trump has specifically referred to as a true MAGA attorney and a warrior for the Constitution. And that’s because of my background litigating, investigating, suing, defending, appealing on all of the major issues that Texans care about,” Reitz told us proudly on Inside Texas Politics.
When Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a run for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn, it set off a scramble of campaign announcements. State Senator Joan Huffman, R-Houston, and State Senator Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, will both be running against Reitz.
Reitz offered up the usual assortment of conservative priorities for the office, including protecting the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment, border security and election integrity.
If you visit his campaign website, you’ll find high praise from President Trump, AG Paxton, and Senator Ted Cruz. But none of them have endorsed Reitz yet.
“We hope to earn each of those conservative champions’ endorsements with time,” Reitz explained. “I think we’re ideally positioned to be able to do so.”
Reitz worked for Paxton in the AG’s office, so we also asked him what changes he would make.
The candidate says Paxton will leave behind an outstanding legacy, but that he wants to “press the gas” on a lot of the issues.
“I think the first chapter of my tenure as Texas AG is going to be deep, close, proven and fully integrated working with this administration,” Reitz said. “And then, if the administration flips in ’28, which again I hope that it doesn’t, you’re going to get all-out, offense coordination against a lawless, anti-Texan administration.”
We have also invited Senators Huffman and Middleton to appear on Inside Texas Politics.
The primary is Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
