Angela Paxton, the wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — who is in the midst of a heated Republican U.S. Senate primary — announced Thursday that she is filing for divorce, citing “biblical reasons.”
Angela is also an elected official, holding a Texas state senate seat. Her husband is challenging the state’s senior U.S. senator, John Cornyn, in next year’s primary for the GOP nomination. If Paxton wins, Cornyn will lose his seat in the chamber — unless he runs as an independent, and wins in November.
