Wentworth sues Jones for defamation in state Senate race Already one of the state's more heated primary challenges, the GOP race for SD-25 got even nastier Thursday when Wentworth opted to drag his main challenger into court, suing Jones for “defamation of character and reputation, in the form of verbal slander and written and electronically recorded libel.”
State Sen. Wentworth Files Defamation Suit Against Challenger Jones by Reeve Hamilton, Texas Tribune Given how heated the fight for the Republican nomination in SD-25 has been thus far, perhaps it was just a matter of time before a candidate filed a lawsuit. On Thursday, incumbent state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, sued challenger Elizabeth Ames Jones, a former railroad commissioner, alleging libel and slander. ...