For most of the 11 years that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has held statewide office, scandals have followed him. And for just as long, political opponents have used his various legal troubles as campaign ammunition against Paxton in elections.Those challengers have described the state’s top civil lawyer as a thief and a crook, amoral and corrupt. Yet Paxton has won every contest.This was true in 2018, during his first reelection bid as attorney general while under indictment for felony securities fraud, and it was true last month, when he defeated U.S. Sen. John Cornyn to become the Republican nominee ...