A cloud of uncertainty is hanging over the heads of 725 government lawyers in the Texas Office of the Attorney General for the first time in 12 years.

As longtime Attorney General Greg Abbott tries to move to the governor’s mansion, Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat Sam Houston are fighting to replace him in the A.G.’s office. With the transition looming, current top management of the agency might be asking whether they will keep their jobs come January. The rank-and-file assistant A.G.s might see their jobs transform from structural changes and reorganization as the incoming A.G. implements his vision for the agency.

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