Paxton impeachment defense lawyer endorses his Dem opponent in Texas Senate race (opens in new tab)

June 8, 2026WASHINGTON — One of the lawyers who defended Attorney General Ken Paxton during his three-year-old impeachment trial endorsed Democrat James Talarico Monday in Texas’ U.S. Senate race.Dan Cogdell, a veteran Houston attorney who “I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases,” Cogdell said on his podcast. “But in my view, respectfully, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas. And unlike Ken, I ...