Angela Paxton urges Texas voters to back GOP ticket

Angela Paxton is urging Texas voters to support the Republican ticket in a political action committee advertisement, while stopping short of naming her estranged husband, Ken Paxton, the party’s U.S. Senate nominee. The message argues that preserving Republican seats matters more than individual candidates, as the competitive race draws attention to the party’s prospects in Texas. In the ad, Angela Paxton says a general election is about getting the whole team across the finish line and warns that Republicans could hand Texas’s future to their opponents if they fail to hold every seat. She says she will vote for the Republican ticket on November 3. The advertisement was paid for by Texas PAC, according to the supplied reports. The ad follows remarks Angela Paxton made on September 18 to the Texas Federation of Republican Women. She said Republican women would decide the election and that vulnerabilities among candidates on the ballot had alienated some women. In those remarks, as in the ad, she did not name her husband. Her message focuses on party control and the election rather than directly addressing the couple’s separation.