Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton collected $2.9 million in his first quarter raising money to fuel his Republican primary challenge to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested death row inmate Robert Roberson, whose execution date was delayed last year after his case became a political lightning rod, be executed on Oct. 16. A hearing is set for 10 a.

Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson, launched his bid for Texas Attorney General on Monday. He now faces an uphill battle fighting for a position that the GOP has staunchly held for the last three decades.