1. Angela Suzanne Paxton is an American politician from the state of Texas.
17 Facts About Angela Paxton
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Angela Paxton's mother was a college student who put Angela up for adoption.
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Angela Paxton was taken in by a couple who could not have children, a fact which she later credited for her commitment to the anti-abortion movement.
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Angela Paxton attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and was the first in her family to attend college.
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At Baylor, Angela met her future husband Ken Paxton, who was serving as the student body president.
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Angela Paxton then earned her master's degree in education from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
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Angela Paxton then worked as a guidance counselor at Legacy Christian Academy.
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When Van Taylor vacated his seat in the Texas Senate to run for Congress, Angela Paxton joined the race for District 8 in September 2017.
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Angela Paxton ran against businessman Phillip Huffines in the Republican primary.
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Angela Paxton won the primary by nine points and narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Mark Phariss in the general election.
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In February 2019, Angela Paxton introduced Senate Bill 860, which would grant her husband the power to issue exemptions from securities regulations.
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Angela Paxton said the bill to change state securities law "has literally nothing to do" with a criminal case charging her husband Ken Angela Paxton with defrauding investors.
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Angela Paxton's husband was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives as the Attorney General of Texas on May 27,2023.
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Ken Angela Paxton was acquitted of all charges on September 16,2023.
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In February 2025, Angela Paxton authored Senate Bill 13, which would move control of school library catalogs from librarians to boards of parents appointed by school board members, allowing parents to have any library book immediately removed from shelves until a decision by the school board.
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Angela Paxton has an "F" rating from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws for her voting history regarding cannabis-related causes.
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Angela and Ken Paxton helped to found Stonebriar Community Church, a Christian evangelical megachurch, in Frisco, Texas, in the 1990s.