In his own statement, Ken Paxton said that "after facing the pressures of countless political attacks and public scrutiny, Angela and I have decided to start a new chapter in our lives."

“Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds,” she announced on X.

In September 2018, Paxton reportedly gathered his staff to tell them, with his wife, Angela Paxton, by his side, that he’d had an extramarital affair.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that tackling redrawing the state's congressional maps would be part of an special legislative session later this summer as Republicans seek to hold on to their narrow U.S. House majority in next year's midterm elections.

The Justice Department concerns that the governor cites are a reference to a lawsuit filed in 2021, alleging that Texas’ current congressional map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.