After obtaining an opinion from the Texas Attorney General that the district—though never funded—was legally still intact, in 1966 the citizens finally passed a vote for a tax rate to support the new institution.
Ken Paxton, Barry Smitherman, and Dan Branch announced their campaigns to seek the Republican nomination to succeed Greg Abbott as Attorney General of Texas.
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On August 2, 2013, Taylor announced he would seek the Republican Party's 2014 nomination for the Texas Senate, District 8 seat currently held by Ken Paxton, who is vacating the seat to run for Texas Attorney General.