Angela Paxton | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Paxton in 2024 | |
| Majority Leader of the Texas Senate | |
| Assumed office September 16, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Tan Parker (acting) |
| In office January 25, 2023 – July 17, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Larry Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Tan Parker (acting) |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 8th district | |
| Assumed office January 8, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Van Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Angela Suzanne Allen February 14, 1963 New Braunfels, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Ken Paxton (m. 1986) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Baylor University (BS) University of Houston, Clear Lake (MEd) |
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Angela Suzanne Paxton (née Allen; born February 14, 1963)[1] is an American politician from the state of Texas. A member of the Republican Party, she has represented District 8 in the Texas Senate since 2019.
Her political career has been closely tied to her husband, Ken Paxton, the current Attorney General of Texas.[1]
- ^ a b Klibanoff, Eleanor (May 28, 2023). "All eyes on Sen. Angela Paxton as Texas Senate takes up her husband's removal". Texas Tribune. Retrieved May 31, 2023.