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Texas was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current senators are Republicans John Cornyn (serving since 2002) and Ted Cruz (serving since 2013). A total of 27 Democrats, 7 Republicans, and 1 Liberal Republican have served or are serving as U.S. senators from Texas.
Her husband was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives as the Attorney General of Texas on May 27, 2023. When Paxton declined to recuse herself from the trial, she was barred by the Texas Senate from voting on her husband's impeachment. [1] [5] [6] The impeachment trial began on September 5, 2023, in the 31-member Texas Senate. Ken ...
Senator Paxton may refer to: Angela Paxton (fl. 2010s), Texas State Senate; Ken Paxton (born 1962), Texas State Senate; Lonnie Paxton (born 1968), Oklahoma State Senate; William A. Paxton (1837–1907), Nebraska State Senate; William T. Paxton (1869–1942), Virginia State Senate
State Attorney General Ken Paxton has been ordered to appear before the Texas Senate to answer to 16 of 20 articles of impeachment that were overwhelmingly approved by the Texas House in May. That ...
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After spending two weeks listening to both sides make their case, Texas Senators voted to acquit Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment. Because of this vote, Paxton will remain in office.
District 8 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Rains and Hunt counties and portions of Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] The current senator from District 8 is Angela Paxton .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. American politician and lawyer Ken Paxton Paxton in 2021 51st Attorney General of Texas Incumbent Assumed office January 5, 2015 Suspended: May 27, 2023 – September 16, 2023 [a] Governor Rick Perry Greg Abbott Preceded by Greg Abbott Member of the Texas Senate from the 8th district In ...