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Angela Paxton breaks silence on U.S. Senate race amid divorce from Ken Paxton
San Antonio Express News ^ | 09/23/2026 | By Haajrah Gilani, Staff Writer

Posted on 09/23/2026 1:30:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

State Sen. Angela Paxton finally appears to be weighing in publicly on Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate run, more than a year after she filed to divorce him “on biblical grounds.” 

At a gathering for the Texas Federation of Republican Women late last week, she encouraged attendees to vote party line down the ballot, “even if we’re mad at them.”

 
 
 “It’s not the people, it’s the seat,” she said Friday in a video posted on Facebook by one of the group’s deputy regional presidents. “Because we have more control over that seat and the future when we control the seat – when it’s still in the family, even if we’re mad at them.”

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“We have more ability to influence when that person is attached to our party,” she added, without naming Ken Paxton or the U.S. Senate race. 

Angela Paxton, who represents a district in North Texas, has been largely silent on the race since Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, decided to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn last year. She hasn’t appeared with him on the campaign trail, and hasn’t previously pushed back as his opponents sought to use the divorce and her accusations of adultery to undercut his appeal with conservative Christian voters. 


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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: angelapaxton; kenpaxton
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“Because we have more control over that seat and the future when we control the seat – when it’s still in the family, even if we’re mad at them.”

Very decent of her. She could have wrecked her ex's chances when he was in a tight primary with Cornyn, but she didn't. She could have gone all angry ex wife bitter in this race with Talafreako, but she stayed classy.

1 posted on 09/23/2026 1:30:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

“ Because we have more control over that seat and the future when we control the seat – when it’s still in the family, even if we’re mad at them.”
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She’s right. And she seems like a decent person unlike some other estranged political spouses.


2 posted on 09/23/2026 1:35:01 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: Responsibility2nd

She is putting the country first instead of personal grudges. Good for her! Democrats started as the party of Slavery and after Lincoln took away their slaves they transitioned to the universal slavery of Socialism. NEVER vote for a RAT!


4 posted on 09/23/2026 1:35:49 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

She seems decent and someone posted a video of her daughter endorsing Ken, some time back.

I would like for them to reconcile and for Ken to keep his privates, private.

Ken does do a lot of good, though.


5 posted on 09/23/2026 1:40:57 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Thank you Angela. I’ve already started locking my doors at all time because the far left “media” has already called the race for Dopey Opie Trannytallywacker.


6 posted on 09/23/2026 1:43:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop the genocide of the Jews by the pork chop munching Nazi DSA Muzzie Terrorists!!! NOW! )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Amazing and good argument by her.

I wish more Americans were as clear headed as she is.


7 posted on 09/23/2026 1:44:27 PM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: Responsibility2nd

There is only one question to ask....”Who is going to vote in the Senate the way you want?”

Everything else does not matter one bit.


8 posted on 09/23/2026 1:46:07 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Nateman

[She is putting the country first instead of personal grudges. Good for her!]

Yes, very good to see. 👍👍


9 posted on 09/23/2026 1:48:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Every Dim gets about a half billion in free advertising from the Communist Press.


10 posted on 09/23/2026 1:51:25 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: House Atreides

“It’s not the people, it’s the seat,”... totally asinine. It’s the person that makes the seat. Your standard RINO is a prime example.


11 posted on 09/23/2026 2:25:06 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Paxton is not an a-hole knock it off.


12 posted on 09/23/2026 2:25:11 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: ConservativeMind
I would like for them to reconcile and for Ken to keep his privates, private.

By the way, DJT is on his third marriage...

13 posted on 09/23/2026 2:26:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MeanWestTexan

Affairs are great if you are a Dem. Death if Republican.

Weird.


14 posted on 09/23/2026 2:27:36 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Free Republic is going to be intolerable during the Republican Presidential primary in 2028.)
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To: maddog55

“ Your standard RINO is a prime example.”
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Sorry but Paxton is definitely NOT another Cornyn.


15 posted on 09/23/2026 2:29:14 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: House Atreides

Never said he was. I said her statement was asinine and that the person makes the seat.

I gave RINOs as an example..wasted seats because of the azzholes that fill them.

I never mentioned Ken Paxton as a RINO.


16 posted on 09/23/2026 2:51:14 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: maddog55

Ok, my apologies.


17 posted on 09/23/2026 3:54:22 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: gibsonguy

Don’t get me wrong. I like Paxton. I gave max money to Paxton.

He is a difficult guy, though. Which is a good thing, and what I mean.

I want a difficult guy fighting for Texas.


18 posted on 09/24/2026 8:10:00 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

👍


19 posted on 09/24/2026 8:20:29 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Good lady. As opposed to phony Cornball, who can’t set aside his animus for MAGA, Paxton’s ex sounds like a patriot who can at least understand what’s at stake here.


20 posted on 09/24/2026 8:38:42 AM PDT by Antoninus (Confusion and disorder to the Left.)
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