Texas AG’s Office Sues Harris County Clerk for Running Taxpayer-Funded Get-Out-the-Vote Ads That Targeted Non-White Voters on Facebook and Instagram

The Office of the Texas Attorney General filed a lawsuit Thursday against Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth and her Director of Communications Irene Nuñez, alleging they used Meta’s advertising tools on Facebook and Instagram to run “Get Out the Vote” style ads that targeted black, Asian, and Latino users while avoiding other demographics, notably white voters.

Meta’s Ad Library shows the clerk’s office spent an estimated $43,429 over the past thirty days on one set of those ads, which the state says were set to show preferentially to...