Texas Elects Dragon Ball Z Composer as Attorney General
Left 67%
Center 0%
Right 33%
2 left · 0 center · 1 right
What happened
On Tuesday, Democrat Nathan Johnson, a Dallas state senator serving since 2019, was elected Texas attorney general, defeating Republican Mayes Middleton. Johnson, a 58-year-old litigator with degrees in physics and law, will succeed outgoing Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and become the first Democrat to hold the office in decades. Johnson won a majority of votes in nearly all of Texas’s southern border districts and major cities.
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Omitted — what each side leaves out
Unpacked
Left-leaning coverage presents the result as Texas electing a Democrat as attorney general for the first time in decades, flipping an office long held by Republicans. Right-leaning coverage never mentions that history or that a Democratic attorney general would be a break from recent Texas practice. The Hill calls the post a "reliable conservative stronghold" under Ken Paxton, a description Breitbart does not use.
Right-leaning coverage leads with Johnson's work composing for Dragon Ball Z and with his wins in border districts and major cities. Left-leaning coverage leads with the partisan flip and never mentions the anime career or that electoral map.
What did Nathan Johnson tell voters he would do as Texas attorney general?
Bottom line
Read Breitbart and Johnson is a Dragon Ball Z composer who won Texas attorney general; read The Hill and he is only the Democrat who ended Republican control of that office.
The receipts — 4 facts one side's coverage lacks
- Johnson's Republican opponent was Mayes Middleton
- Johnson is a seasoned litigator with degrees in physics and law
- Johnson has been a Texas state senator since 2019
- Johnson is a state senator from Dallas
The Left View
The Hill presents the result as Democrats flipping the attorney general’s office, which it says had become a “reliable conservative stronghold” under Paxton. It stresses that Texans elected a Democrat as the state’s “top lawyer” for the first time in decades, framing the win as a break in Republican control of the post.
The Right View
Breitbart identifies Johnson first as a “Dragon Ball Z” composer, quoting his Facebook post that he “composed the musical scores for 67 episodes and five movies” and his description of that work as “a creative outlet and a cultural connection.” It notes his majorities in border districts and major cities and that he takes over from Paxton, who lost a U.S. Senate race to Democrat James Talarico despite President Donald Trump’s “vocal support.”
Our Take (balanced)
The left’s strongest argument is institutional and partisan: a statewide legal office The Hill calls a “reliable conservative stronghold” changed hands, with the first Democratic attorney general in decades as the evidence. The right does not dispute the outcome; its strongest emphasis is biographical and contextual—Johnson’s own account of scoring 67 Dragon Ball Z episodes and five movies, plus Paxton’s Senate loss despite Trump’s “vocal support”—which treats the race as an unusual candidate winning as a longtime incumbent exits rather than as a proven ideological realignment. The central unresolved tension is whether the vote is a durable Democratic breakthrough in Texas’s top legal office or a candidate- and succession-specific result.
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