Cornyn compares Paxton’s ethics to a strip club owner’s
as Texas heads toward a May 26 Senate runoff between Rep. John Cornyn and Attorney General ken Paxton, Cornyn’s campaign has escalated attacks by releasing an ad tying Paxton’s ethics to an extramarital affair.The spot claims Paxton used a burner phone and a fake alias to conceal adultery and portrays him as having “the ethics of a strip club owner,” challenging voters ahead of Mother’s Day.
The allegations build on Paxton’s past divorce process: his ex-wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, filed for divorce after a long-term affair became public and after Paxton was acquitted in 2023 impeachment proceedings. Cornyn’s team has also sought records under state law to investigate whether Paxton used taxpayer funds for trips connected to an alleged second relationship. while the new cheating claim in the ad remains unconfirmed, the article notes that Angela Paxton cited “recent discoveries,” wiht timing suggesting it was linked to the later affair.
Neither candidate won an outright majority in the March GOP primary, turning the race into a runoff. With less than three weeks to go, President donald Trump has not endorsed either candidate, despite previously saying he would back one “soon.” Meanwhile, the campaigns are also trading arguments over policy, including Paxton’s positioning as a Trump loyalist and Cornyn’s support for voter ID-an issue Paxton says Cornyn didn’t push hard enough to pass.
The Texas Senate GOP primary race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton is getting personal as the runoff election nears.
Cornyn’s campaign unveiled a new ad on Friday, comparing Paxton’s ethics to those of a strip club owner for having an extramarital affair.
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“Ken Paxton cheated on the mother of his children,” the narrator said in the 30-second ad spot. “This man used a burner phone and fake alias to hide his adultery. Divorced on biblical grounds, Paxton is now sleeping around with another married woman, a mother of seven. Ken Paxton has the ethics of a strip club owner.”
The video ended with a pointed question for Texas mothers, two days before Mother’s Day: “Would you want your daughters to marry a man like Ken Paxton?”
Paxton’s ex-wife, Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, filed for divorce last year after it was discovered the Republican attorney general had a long-term affair with a former assistant who served as the basis for Paxton’s impeachment proceedings. In 2023, he was acquitted by the Texas Senate.
As a state senator, Angela Paxton was barred from voting due to the personal nature of her then-husband’s impeachment case.
After the divorce filing, reports of Ken Paxton having another affair circulated. He allegedly had a relationship with a married Christian influencer and mother of seven children following the end of the impeachment trial. In the fall, Cornyn’s campaign requested records under state law to determine whether Paxton used taxpayer funds to pay for trips to meet his alleged mistress.
The latest cheating scandal has not been confirmed, but Ken Paxton’s ex-wife cited “recent discoveries” as the reason to file for divorce. The timing suggests it was related to the second affair.
Neither Cornyn nor Ken Paxton won an outright majority in the Texas Republican primary for the Senate in March, paving the way for a May 26 runoff.
With less than three weeks to go until the runoff, President Donald Trump has not yet endorsed Cornyn or Ken Paxton, despite saying in March he would back one of them “soon.”
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Since the primary, Ken Paxton has increasingly framed himself as a Trump loyalist in his support for the SAVE America Act. Cornyn supports the voter ID legislation, but his primary opponent has accused him of not working hard enough to secure its passage. The bill remains stalled in the Senate.
Ken Paxton’s campaign attacked Cornyn over this issue in an AI-generated ad last month, accusing the incumbent of relaxing on spring break while Trump’s “agenda is on hold.”
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