Elon Musk’s attorney running to succeed Paxton as Texas attorney general
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SUMMARY
John Bash, Elon Musk’s sharp-shooting attorney, jumped into the race to replace Ken Paxton as Texas Attorney General, nabbing the first spot in the GOP primary. Bash, a big gun at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, told The Hill he’s the guy Texas needs—battle-hardened and ready to roll on Day 1, tackling the state’s toughest legal fights. This ex-U.S. Attorney for Western Texas under Trump’s first term isn’t messing around: he’s clerked for Supreme Court titans Scalia and Kavanaugh, argued hundreds of cases before the high court, and now reps Musk, Trump’s powerhouse advisor, in a Texas defamation slugfest. From 2012-2017, he was the Justice Department’s Solicitor General assistant, then joined Quinn Emanuel in 2020 to dig into investigations and appeals. Paxton’s out, gunning for Sen. John Cornyn’s seat on April 8, promising to back Trump hard. Bash, a Harvard Law grad, brings elite chops to keep Texas strong—think Paxton-level grit with Musk’s edge.
