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Mayes Middleton

Mayes Middleton

Republican

Candidate for Texas Attorney General

About

Texas Senate (2024-2026). 89th Legislature Committees: Senate Administration, Business and Commerce, Education K-16, Jurisprudence, Local Government Vice Chair, and State Affairs. Texas House of Representatives (2018-2023), House Freedom Caucus Chair (2021-2023), President and CEO of Middleton Oil Company, licensed to practice law in Texas since 2008.
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Conservative Endorsements

Candidate Videos

Montgomery Co. Tea Party Interview
Combatting Sharia Law
Border Security & Sanctuary Cities

Survey Responses

Montgomery Co. Tea Party
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Community Impact

Notable Quotes

“We have to deport all illegal immigrants. Not some. All.”
“As your Attorney General, I will lead the charge to secure our border, protect Texas kids, ensure fairness in girls’ and women’s sports, protect Texas taxpayers and consumers, ensure strict election integrity, and root out waste, fraud, and abuse from our government.”

Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities

Border Security & Immigration
  • COMMITTED TO "AGGRESSIVELY ENFORCE" President Trump’s border security agenda and deportation orders. [1, 2, 3]
  • CO-AUTHORED A BILL TO TRIPLE BORDER SECURITY FUNDING (House Bill 9, 2021). [1, 2, 3]
  • SPONSORED A BILL TO EXEMPT BORDER SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE and the border wall from property taxes to encourage landowners to participate in building or supporting barriers (HB 247, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
  • ADVOCATED FOR ENDING SANCTUARY CITIES with no amnesty or benefits for undocumented immigrants, and suing non-compliant officials. [1, 2]
Secure Our Elections
  • COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING AN ELECTION INTEGRITY DIVISION in the Attorney General's office focused on investigating and prosecuting election law breakers, noting that “one illegal vote cancels a legal one,” and criticizing reliance on local Soros-backed DAs. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • CHAMPIONED A FORENSIC AUDIT to identify voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election. [1, 2]
  • CO-AUTHORED THE BILL GRANTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BROADER AUTHORITY to independently prosecute Election Code offenses without needing an invitation from local prosecutors (Senate Bill 12, 89th 2nd Called Session, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
Education Issues
  • CO-AUTHORED THE TEXAS EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNTS BILL, the school choice initiative providing Education Savings Accounts for families to use toward private school tuition, tutoring, homeschooling, or other educational expenses (Senate Bill 2, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
  • SUPPORTED OR VOTED FOR BILLS BANNING OR RESTRICTING DEI POLICIES and CRT-associated concepts in higher education and K-12 curriculum standards (e.g., revisions to social studies TEKS to limit divisive ideologies). [1, 2]
  • CO-AUTHORED BILLS REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CURRICULUM DETAILS TO PARENTS at the start of semesters, increase transparency on materials, and strengthen parental consent for sensitive topics (e.g., human sexuality curriculum). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Protect Childhood Innocence
  • AUTHORED A BILL TO MAKE PROSECUTION EASIER in cases involving provision of obscene or harmful materials to minors (Senate Bill 412, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
  • CO-AUTHORED THE PARENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS, which strengthens parental oversight, restricts certain instruction on sexual orientation/gender identity, and limits student clubs (Senate Bill 12, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
Gender Issues
  • AUTHORED THE TEXAS WOMEN'S PRIVACY ACT, mandating designation and use of certain spaces/facilities (in schools, government buildings, prisons, shelters, etc.) according to biological sex (SB 240, 2025). [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • CO-AUTHORED THE SAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT to prohibit biological males from competing in women’s collegiate sports (Senate Bill 15, 2023). [1, 2]
  • CO-AUTHORED THE BILL BANNING PUBERTY BLOCKERS, hormone therapy, and gender-modifying surgeries for minors (Senate Bill 14, 2023). [1, 2]
  • STATED ON THE SENATE FLOOR, “Your birth sex is your birth sex, period.” [1, 2]
Government-Sanctioned Addiction
  • AUTHORED THE BILL TO STRENGTHEN PENALTIES FOR GAMBLING CRIMINAL OFFENSES, expand definitions of violations, and close loopholes around devices mimicking slot machines or illegal operations (Senate Bill 517, 2025). [1, 2]
  • VOTED TO PROHIBIT MOST CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS WITH DETECTABLE THC beyond limited CBD/CBG exceptions (Senate Bill 3, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
  • CALLED MARIJUANA-DERIVED PRODUCTS “illegal under federal law” and said their potency and marketing toward children have created new public-safety challenges. [1, 2]
Protect Life
  • VOTED FOR THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT ACT (Senate Bill 8, 2021) and restrictions on abortion. [1, 2]
  • BACKED APPROPRIATIONS THAT DEFUND OR RESTRICT ABORTION PROVIDERS (e.g., Planned Parenthood) and fund alternatives like the Alternatives to Abortion program. [1, 2]
  • STATED, “I will never relent in the fight to make sure Texas is the most pro-life state in America and innocent life is always protected from the moment of fertilization.” [1, 2]
Islamification of Texas
  • CO-SPONSORED A BILL TARGETING SHARIA COMPOUNDS like EPIC City (House Bill 4211, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
  • COMMITTED TO ERADICATE SHARIA LAW and extremist influence from Texas and "deploy every tool in the AG's office." [1, 2]
National Security
  • CO-AUTHORED THE ADVERSARIAL LAND OWNERSHIP ACT (Senate Bill 17, 2025) to prohibit individuals, entities, and governments from designated adversarial countries from purchasing real property in Texas. [1, 2]
  • AUTHORED A BILL ON GRID RESILIENCE and voted for the Electric Grid Reliability Act (Senate Bills 6 and 383, 2025). [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • AUTHORED A BILL TO CREATE AN ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTELLIGENCE CENTER tied to border security to maximize detection, prevention, and response to trafficking (Senate Bill 389, 2025). [1, 2]
Other Constitutional Issues
  • AUTHORED A BILL ALLOWING VOLUNTARY STUDENT/STAFF PRAYER or religious text reading with parental consent during dedicated times set aside by public school boards (Senate Bill 11, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
  • CO-AUTHORED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BILL, requiring public elementary and secondary schools in Texas to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom (Senate Bill 10, 2025). [1, 2]
  • CO-SPONSORED THE BILL RECOGNIZING GOLD AND SILVER as legal tender in Texas (House Bill 1056, 2025). [1, 2, 3]
  • VOTED TO RENEW AND EXTEND Texas’s prior application to Congress for a Convention of States under Article V of the U.S. Constitution (HJR 98, 2025) . [1]
  • CO-AUTHORED THE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY BILL (House Bill 1927, 2021) for permitless handgun carry in Texas. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  • AUTHORED THE BILL TO BAN COVID VACCINE MANDATES by private employers (Senate Bill 7, 2023). [1, 2, 3, 4]
Bonus Issue - Property Tax Relief
  • JOINT AUTHOR OF THE SENATE PACKAGE that increased the statewide school-district homestead exemption (SJR 2/SB 4, 2025).[1][2][3]
  • CO-AUTHORED THE BILL THAT RAISED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS from $10,000 to $60,000, combined $200,000 with the new general exemption (Senate Bill 23, 2025).[1][2][3][4]

Notes from Local Researchers

  • He has consistently had a very high conservative voting record and he’s worked fervently to get some of the most conservative bills passed in the Texas Senate. He doesn’t accept donations from lobbyists, people under indictment, or any other benefits which could eventually be a conflict of interest. His endorsement list (on his website) includes a multitude of state grassroots leaders.