Please explain why a person spends $17 million of their own money to win an office that only pays $154,000 a year. They're just wheezin' all over us and don't care who knows about it.

Galveston state Sen. Mayes Middleton is the GOP nominee for attorney general, after defeating U.S. Rep. Chip Roy. Middleton, one of the most conservative state legislators and an oil and gas executive, put almost $17 million of his own money into the race. The current annual salary for the Attorney General of Texas is $153,750.

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