Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with President Donald Trump (Image: Screengrab via @KenPaxtonTX / X)
The Texas Republican U.S. Senate primary is rapidly heating up, after incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) aired his primary opponent's dirty laundry on social media.
In a Wednesday post to X, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who is challenging Cornyn to be on the general election ballot in November, highlighted a recent report about Cornyn raising tens of millions of dollars from donors across the country to keep his seat. Paxton accused Cornyn of "stealing $50+ million from races in NC, ME, MI, and GA," referring to hotly contested Senate seats Republicans are hoping to hold ahead of what's expected to be a Democratic wave election.
"He's stuck in the mid-20s, doesn't even know if he'll make the runoff, and is set to lose by huge margins even if he does," Paxton tweeted.
Cornyn's official campaign account fired back at Paxton, and reminded Texans of the attorney general's divorce from his wife, Angela Paxton, after he was accused of having an affair with a Louisiana-based author. The Daily Mail reported in September that Paxton allegedly had secret trysts with writer Angela Duhon, who herself was married.
"Ken, when this over, you will have nothing. Which turns out to be the same thing you offered to give Angela in divorce proceedings," Cornyn's campaign account posted. "This after you cheated on her multiple times."
Ken and Angela Paxton officially split after 38 years of marriage in July of 2025. Angela Paxton – a Republican state senator in Texas — announced she was filing for divorce in a tweet referencing "recent discoveries."
"I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation," she wrote at the time. "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."
President Donald Trump has not yet made an endorsement in the Texas Senate Republican primary. On the Democratic side, Texas state representative James Talarico is running against Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). That race was shaken up earlier this week after former Texas Democratic Senate nominee Colin Allred accused Talarico of calling him "mediocre." Talarico said his comments were misconstrued.
