Zach Despart

@zachdespart

Investigative reporter @propublica @texastribune. Alum @houstonchron & @uvmvermont. NY native. Dalmatian dad. Reach me on Signal: (512) 265-5704

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Zach Despart @zachdespart Jul 24, 2025

A few months ago I noticed something unusual: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is increasingly outsourcing big cases to private lawyers — even though his office has 700+ attorneys in-house, with several specialized divisions. So we dug in...

Zach Despart @zachdespart Nov 4

Ken Paxton lost both the county he appears to live in and the county he voted in.

Zach Despart @zachdespart Nov 2

2/ Paxton has made combating illegal voting a top priority.

We found he appeared to use an address where he did not live to vote in six elections in the past 2 years, including the one that made him the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate.
propublica.org/article/ken-pa…
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Zach Despart @zachdespart Nov 4

Last session, Republicans in the Texas House banned Democrats from chairing committees, one of the last vestiges of bipartisanship in the Legislature.
Now they've lost control of the chamber for the first time in 24 years.

Zach Despart @zachdespart Nov 4

Tarrant County (Fort Worth), the most populous Republican county in the U.S., has fallen to Democrats.

Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal Verified account @BudKennedy Nov 4

Tim O’Hare has congratulated Alisa Simmons as Tarrant County judge star-telegram.com/news/politics-…
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Zach Despart @zachdespart Nov 4

Trump carried Montgomery by 43 points. Paxton is only +21 right now, Abbott +23.

Alejandro Serrano @serrano_alej Nov 4

Early vote tallies from Montgomery County, the GOP stronghold, are in 👇

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