Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing one of the most consequential votes of his political career, and he is doing so following two alleged affairs, a divorce and a prior impeachment. On Tuesday, as polls opened across Texas for the Republican Senate runoff against incumbent Senator John Cornyn, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to urge voters to back Paxton, writing, 'Texas, Vote for Ken Paxton, our Country's BEST Attorney General!'
It was a full-throated endorsement for a man whose personal conduct has drawn sustained scrutiny. Paxton's ex-wife, Texas State Senator Angela Paxton, filed for divorce in July 2025, writing on social media, 'Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds... In light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage.'
