India, May 27 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton crushed four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's Republican US Senate primary runoff. He seized the GOP nomination in a resounding victory powered by a late endorsement from President Donald Trump.

Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela Paxton, were married for nearly four decades before announcing their separation.

Angela Paxton (nee Allen), born on February 14, 1963, is a Republican Texas state senator representing District 8. She met Ken Paxton while both were students at Baylor University, and the couple married in 1986.

In July 2025, Angela Paxton filed for divorce, citing adultery in court documents and describing the filing as being made on "biblical grounds."

Reports said th...