The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files for divorce on biblical reasons
Senator Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after 38 years of marriage
State Senator Angela Paxton announced Thursday that she has filed for divorce from her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed divorce on biblical grounds. I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and have diligently sought reconciliation,” Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, said in a post on X. “But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe it is God-honoring or loving to me, my children, or Ken to continue the marriage.”
In her divorce filing, Sen. Paxton alleged that her husband had committed adultery, naming it as the “grounds for divorce.” The couple stopped living together more than a year ago “on or around June 1, 2024” according to a copy of the filing obtained by The Texas Tribune. In his own statement on X, Attorney General Paxton cited the “pressure of countless political attacks and public scrutiny” as the reason the couple had “decided to begin a new chapter.” Paxton is currently facing Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s Republican primary after nearly a decade as attorney general. Paxton was elected in 2019 to represent the North Texas Senate district her husband represented before his ascension to statewide office. She was reelected to another four-year term in November.
The divorce filing threatens to hamper Ken Paxton’s bid for the U.S. Senate by contributing to Cornyn’s attacks over his spotty ethics record.
Trump spoke Wednesday night about the Paxton-Cornyn race with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and members of the Senate GOP’s top super PAC, Punchbowl News reported.

