Incumbent
Texas Republican Attorney General nominee?
$295.5K
MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleState Senator
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age44 years old (Sep 18, 1981)
GenderMale
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LocationTexas
BackgroundBusiness executive (oil and gas)
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin, B.A.
Notable personal detailsDavid Mayes Middleton II is an American businessman, attorney, and Republican politician who has served in the Texas Senate (District 11) since January 2023, after serving in the Texas House of Representatives (District 23) from 2019 to 2023. He is President and CEO of Middleton Oil Company and has also been involved in ranching, cattle, and farming operations. He earned a B.A. and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and has been licensed to practice law since 2008. He lives in Galveston with his wife, Macy, and their four children.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports policies framed as protecting taxpayers, including property tax relief and prohibiting a state income tax, and emphasizes preventing wasteful government spending. Positions favor reducing government use of taxpayer dollars and protecting jobs, particularly in the oil and gas sector.
Healthcare
Mayes Middleton’s public materials emphasize rejecting state-provided pension and healthcare benefits and focus on limiting government spending and fraud in programs; he has not articulated a clear platform endorsing Medicaid expansion, a public option, Medicare-for-All, or specific market-based healthcare reforms. Public statements and legislative activity reference healthcare costs in the context of immigration and opposition to COVID vaccine mandates, but do not define a comprehensive healthcare policy. Overall his positions on major healthcare reforms remain insufficiently detailed to be b
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Immigration & Border
Supports aggressive enforcement-first immigration policies including broad deportations, use of state law to remove sanctuary protections, and restrictions on benefits for undocumented immigrants; has authored bills to prohibit public funding for deportation defense and to end in‑state tuition for undocumented students.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Mayes Middleton supports pro‑life policies and has sponsored and voted for legislation restricting abortion access, including bans tied to overturning Roe v. Wade and measures limiting abortion pills and out-of-state abortion funding. He describes protecting unborn children as a priority and his campaign platform states he will uphold pro‑life laws.
Climate & Energy
Mayes Middleton supports and defends fossil-fuel industries and energy policies prioritizing "dispatchable" generation (natural gas and thermal plants) over offshore wind and other intermittent renewables. He has sponsored legislation to restrict offshore wind connections to the ERCOT grid and backed measures to require plugging inactive oil and gas wells while criticizing federal subsidies for renewables. His campaign emphasizes protecting oil and gas jobs and Texas energy independence.
Public Safety & Guns
Mayes Middleton has sponsored legislation to limit disclosure of lawful firearm information in foster homes and has acted to defend carrying rights in public venues; his public statements emphasize support for Second Amendment rights and being tough on crime. His legislative activity focuses on protecting gun owners’ privacy and opposing local restrictions on carrying firearms while maintaining support for law enforcement and public safety.
News
Mayes Middleton is headed to a Republican primary runoff for Texas attorney general against U.S. Rep. Chip Roy after neither won a majority in the initial vote. The contest is drawing attention because the attorney general seat is open with Ken Paxton stepping down to run for U.S. Senate. In the lead-up to the primary, Middleton campaigned and debated with other GOP contenders while emphasizing conservative credentials, with polling showing Roy ahead and Middleton in second.
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