Tom Oxford

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Tom Oxford

Libertarian Party

Candidate, Attorney General of Texas

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Next convention

April 12, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, 1979

Law

University of Houston Law Center, 1982

Personal

Profession

Attorney

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Tom Oxford (Libertarian Party) is running for election for Attorney General of Texas. He is running in the Libertarian Party convention on April 12, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Tom Oxford was born at Travis Air Force Base in California. Oxford graduated from L.D. Bell High School. He earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Texas in 1979 and a J.D. from the University of Houston in 1982. Oxford's career experience includes working as the managing attorney of the Waldman Smallwood Law Firm.

Elections

2026

See also: Texas Attorney General election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 26, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

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Democratic primary runoff

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Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas

Joe Jaworski (D) and Nathan Johnson (D) are running in the Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 26, 2026.

		Candidate
		Joe Jaworski
		Nathan Johnson

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Republican primary runoff

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Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas

Mayes Middleton (R) and Chip Roy (R) are running in the Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 26, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mayes Middleton
		Chip Roy

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas

Nathan Johnson (D) and Joe Jaworski (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tony Box (D) in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nathan Johnson	48.1	1,000,586
✔		Joe Jaworski	26.4	549,663
		Tony Box	25.5	529,416

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 2,079,665
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Republican primary

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Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas

Mayes Middleton (R) and Chip Roy (R) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Joan Huffman (R) and Aaron Reitz (R) in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mayes Middleton	39.2	765,773
✔		Chip Roy	31.7	619,858
		Joan Huffman	14.9	291,697
		Aaron Reitz	14.2	277,727

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 1,955,055
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Libertarian Party convention

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Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas

Tom Oxford (L) is running in the Libertarian Party convention for Attorney General of Texas on April 12, 2026.

		Candidate
		Tom Oxford

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2022

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Incumbent Debra Lehrmann defeated Erin Nowell and Tom Oxford in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debra Lehrmann (R)	56.2	4,475,136
		Erin Nowell (D)	41.8	3,330,529
		Tom Oxford (L)	2.0	162,036

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,967,701
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Erin Nowell advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Nowell	100.0	914,184

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Incumbent Debra Lehrmann advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debra Lehrmann	100.0	1,535,581

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,535,581
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Tom Oxford advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on April 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Tom Oxford (L)

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2020

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Incumbent Brett Busby defeated Gisela Triana and Tom Oxford in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brett Busby (R)	53.4	5,847,135
		Gisela Triana (D)	44.1	4,826,674
		Tom Oxford (L)	2.5	274,959

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,948,768
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Gisela Triana defeated Peter M. Kelly in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gisela Triana	72.0	1,251,611
		Peter M. Kelly	28.0	485,697

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,737,308
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Incumbent Brett Busby advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brett Busby	100.0	1,692,583

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Tom Oxford advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on August 3, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Tom Oxford (L)

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2016

Oxford was the Libertarian judicial candidate for the Texas Supreme Court, Place 5. He challenged incumbent Justice Paul Green (R), Dori Garza (D), and Charles E. Waterbury (Green).

Election results

November 8 general election

Incumbent Paul Green defeated Dori Garza, Tom Oxford and Charles E. Waterbury in the general election for the Texas Supreme Court, Place 5.

Texas Supreme Court, Place 5, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Green Incumbent	54.30%	4,758,334
	Democratic	Dori Garza	41.18%	3,608,634
	Libertarian	Tom Oxford	3.29%	288,504
	Green	Charles E. Waterbury	1.23%	107,731
Total Votes (100% reporting)				8,763,203
Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results

2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Oxford ran for election to the Texas Supreme Court.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 3.1 percent of the vote. He competed against incumbent Nathan Hecht (Republican) and William Moody (Democratic).  

Judicial poll

Below are the results of the 2014 judicial poll, conducted by the State Bar of Texas, which asked attorneys to cast a vote in favor of their preferred candidate in each appellate race.

Chief Justice
Candidate:	Votes:
Nathan Hecht	5945
William Moody	2681
Tom Oxford	1013
Robert Talton	1164

2012

Oxford, a Libertarian candidate, was defeated for election to the Texas Supreme Court by Republican John Devine on November 6, 2012 after receiving 16.9% of the vote.

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

2010

Oxford ran for the Texas Supreme Court Seat 5 in 2010. He was defeated by Paul Green in the November 2 general election.

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2010

2008

Oxford ran for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court.

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Party	Election %
Wallace Jefferson A	Yes	Chief Justice	Republican	53.1%
Jim Jordan	No	Chief Justice	Democratic	43.7%
Tom Oxford	No	Chief Justice	Libertarian	3.1%

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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2020

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Tom Oxford campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Texas Supreme Court Place 3	Lost general	$3,750	$0
Grand total			$3,750	$0
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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