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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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. 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 ...
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 Sen. Charles Perry, a Republican who serves Lubbock, Abilene and San Angelo, explains his reasoning for voting against Ken Paxton impeachment
Paxton was impeached on corruption charges by the Texas state House last May, with 60 votes coming from his own party, before the Texas state Senate acquitted him in September and restored him to ...
(Reuters) -The Texas Senate on Saturday acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment he faced before that body, allowing the conservative firebrand to keep his state 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 .
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.