Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton snubbed her estranged husband, state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), on Tuesday when offering last-minute endorsements ahead of the state’s GOP runoffs.
Angela Paxton sent out an email encouraging supporters to get out and vote in three runoffs on Tuesday. The state senator urged support for state Sen. Mayes Middleton’s attorney general campaign, Jim Wright’s bid for Texas railroad commissioner, and Thomas Smith’s run for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the Current Revolt reported.
In the email, Angela Paxton did not mention the high-profile Senate GOP runoff between her estranged husband and four-term Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Ken Paxton secured Trump’s backing last week against Cornyn.
Ken and Angela Paxton married in 1986. In 2025, Angela Paxton announced she was filing for divorce from her husband.
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“Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds,” Angela Paxton wrote on X. “I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation. But 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.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to Paxton’s campaign for comment.
