Let’s Bring This Back Up

Paxton’s mistress was there to testify but wasn’t called because she plead the 5th because she was going to be asked questions about accepting a job and gifts from a person his office was doing favors for. His Senator wife celebrating the rigged trial. The 2023 GOP. pic.twitter.com/apf5KF9Dqq

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 17, 2023

She’s now divorcing him in “Biblical grounds.” He words. But the proceedings have been sealed. They both have political careers, after all.

I don’t think Paxton’s is going to last much longer.

2nd impeachment manager outlines the counts against Ken Paxton for hiring the woman he was having an affair with, and a political donor he did corrupt favors for as AG buying him a $20,000 granite countertop for his new house. pic.twitter.com/UOZWIf0QaW

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 27, 2023

The Paxtons owned, if memory serves, 3 houses at the time. She has a job (Texas legislators are only part-time state employees), while Paxton has been the full-time AG for quite a while now. Which means he lives in Austin, while she stays in the Dallas area, except for 6 months every 2 years. Funny thing about that, which we’ll come to momentarily.

Former Ken Paxton supporter and fellow Republican Rep. tasked with presenting impeachment evidence makes his closing remarks. pic.twitter.com/m3ESE5ls0a

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 27, 2023

Funny thing about Paxton owning so many houses. Real estate in the Austin area is notoriously expensive. Paxton has been a government employee most of his life. The State of Texas is not known for its generosity towards government employees. Yet Paxton is a wealthy man. How does that happen? The impeachment trial explained it. And yet the Texas Senate refused to convict (despite the Republican House overwhelmingly impeaching), because birds of a feather. 🪶 

I’m not so sure the Texas electorate is going to see it that way. And the impeachment started because Paxton settled a suit brought by former AG employees, against Paxton personally.  He asked the Lege to pay the settlement, and it responded with impeachment. And never has agreed to fund the settlement.

Paxton was re-elected Texas AG in 2022. He was impeached in 2023. Why did he decide to run for the Senate this year? 🤔. I’m not sure it’s a strategy that’s going to work for him.

Nothing illustrates the difference between the two parties heading into the midterms better than these 2 clips together of RNC Chair Joe Gruters and Dem nominee James Talarico talking about the senate election in Texas. pic.twitter.com/VCjSAHIB52

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 27, 2026

And according to a new Texas poll, in which most of the respondents had voted for Trump in 2024, 45% said they were likely to vote for Talarico, v. 38% likely to vote for Paxton.

I like our chances.