Despite the agreement in which both sides declared victory, the lawsuit the AG filed against the county over the ads is only on pause through Nov. 3.
Zach Leggio
Zach Leggio is a reporting fellow based in Austin. Zach was born in Augusta, Georgia, and is a recent graduate from the University of Georgia, where he majored in journalism and international affairs. While at UGA, he worked for various student publications, including The Red & Black, where he was a news editor, managing editor and editor-in-chief. Zach previously interned with the Oglethorpe Echo, a newspaper serving a rural Georgia county, interned in the U.S. Senate and interned for the Investigative Reporting Workshop in Washington, D.C.
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2026 Texas Elections
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2026 Texas Elections
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