Paxton’s estranged wife breaks silence on Texas Senate race after

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Why This Matters

When someone going through a divorce tells GOP voters to back her estranged husband anyway, you do a double take. But that’s exactly what Angela Paxton did for Ken Paxton’s Texas Senate bid, and she didn’t mince words. The party seat matters more than any personal grievance between them.

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Paxton’s estranged wife breaks silence on Texas Senate race after
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Angela Paxton urged GOP voters to back Ken Paxton's Texas Senate bid despite their divorce, saying the party seat matters more than personal grievances.

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When someone going through a divorce tells GOP voters to back her estranged husband anyway, you do a double take. But that’s exactly what Angela Paxton did for Ken Paxton’s Texas Senate bid, and she didn’t mince words. The party seat matters more than any personal grievance between them. That kind of discipline doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s called putting the mission first, and it just shredded a favorite storyline for the press. Democrats and a lot of establishment types were counting on a messy divorce to take down a serious conservative candidate. Angela Paxton undercut that wishful thinking in one statement. She knows her husband’s faults better than any pundit, and she still says Texas needs him in the Senate. That’s not blind loyalty. That’s a clear-eyed judgment about what’s at stake in this race.

Ken Paxton has been a target ever since he started fighting the 2020 election results and pushing back on the border crisis. The left has spent years trying to bury him under legal motions and tabloid headlines. Now his own estranged wife is telling Republicans not to fall for it. If she can set aside personal pain for the sake of the Senate majority, Texas voters have no excuse to do less.

This race isn’t about a marriage. It’s about who controls the Senate and whether the America First agenda gets a real shot. Angela Paxton just gave Texas conservatives the clearest signal they’re going to get. She got the message, and so should we..

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