Rep. Chip Roy, an outspoken fiscal conservative, is running for Texas attorney general
August 21, 2025
A Republican congressman from Texas, Chip Roy, says he’s running for state attorney general. Roy is a prominent member of the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative faction that wields outsize influence in the narrowly divided House. The outspoken fiscal conservative was a central player this summer in the negotiations around President Donald Trump’s big tax bill. But the lawmaker’s relationship with Trump has been complicated at times. Roy enters an increasingly crowded Republican primary field to succeed Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton is challenging Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary next year.