2026年10月3日 下午3:22 美东时间 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：卡安妮塔·艾尔
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发布于2026年10月3日 下午3:22 美东时间
2023年9月16日，得克萨斯州奥斯汀州议会大厦弹劾审判期间，得克萨斯州共和党参议员安吉拉·帕克斯顿——肯·帕克斯顿分居的妻子——走过参议院会议厅。埃里克·盖伊/美联社/档案照片
肯·帕克斯顿分居的妻子在一则新广告中表示自己将“为共和党候选人投票”，以此支持这位得克萨斯州联邦参议员共和党候选人，但未直接提及他的名字。
已在去年申请与肯·帕克斯顿离婚并指控其出轨的安吉拉·帕克斯顿辩称，在大选中，共和党能否成功比任何单个候选人都更重要。
“我们来谈谈显而易见的事。在大选中，重点不在于团队里的单个成员，而在于让整个团队都顺利过关，”身为州参议员的安吉拉·帕克斯顿在广告中说道。“要么我们守住所有共和党席位，要么我们把得克萨斯州的未来交给对手。这就是为什么我会在11月3日为共和党候选人投票。”
这则广告发布之前，帕克斯顿上月曾在讲话中呼吁共和党女性支持共和党候选人，即便她们对候选人有所保留。她在9月18日的那次演讲中同样未直接提及分居的丈夫。
“因为当我们掌控席位时——哪怕我们对某位候选人感到不满，只要席位仍掌握在我们这边，我们就能更多地掌控该席位和未来，”她在演讲中说道。“但如果我们把席位输给对手，我们想要修正某位候选人的那些细微诉求，和我们夺回席位所要付出的代价相比，根本不值一提，对吧？”
2021年11月1日，得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（右）在最高法院外的集会上听取分居妻子、得克萨斯州州参议员安吉拉·帕克斯顿向反堕胎活动人士发表讲话。杰奎琳·马丁/美联社/档案照片
得克萨斯州参议院选举是一场焦点争夺战，共和党人试图守住参议院多数席位，而这个曾长期为深红州的席位如今越来越被视为胜负难料，部分原因在于肯·帕克斯顿的丑闻。肯·帕克斯顿因多年的腐败指控被得克萨斯州众议院弹劾，随后被州参议院宣判无罪。他继续担任“孤星之州”得克萨斯州的总检察长一职。
周六发布的《纽约时报》/锡耶纳学院民调显示，民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科以6个百分点的优势领先帕克斯顿。
在帕克斯顿周六发布的另一则广告中，这位共和党候选人的女儿辩称，像塔拉里科这样的“自由派政客”正在加剧经济负担危机。
“当他们来找你们麻烦时，我爸爸会反击他们，”马蒂·海沃思在这段视频中说道，视频中还有她的伴侣和孩子们。
Ken Paxton’s estranged wife backs his candidacy — without mentioning him by name
2026-10-03 3:22 PM ET / CNN
By Kaanita Iyer
38 min ago
PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2026, 3:22 PM ET
Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, Ken Paxton estranged wife, walks through the Senate Chamber during his impeachment trial at the Texas Capitol in Austin, on Sept. 16, 2023.
Eric Gay/AP/File
Ken Paxton’s estranged wife threw her support behind the Texas GOP Senate nominee without naming him, saying in a new ad that she will be “voting for the Republican ticket.”
Angela Paxton, who filed for divorce from Ken Paxton last year and accused him of adultery, argued that in the general election, the GOP’s success matters more than any individual candidate.
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. In a general election, it’s not as much about the individual players on the team. It’s about getting the whole team across the finish line,” Angela Paxton, who is a state senator, says in the ad. “Either we hold every Republican seat or we hand the future of Texas to the other team. That’s why I’m voting for the Republican ticket on November 3.”
The ad comes after Paxton urged Republican women in remarks last month to support GOP candidates even if they have reservations about them. She similarly did not mention her estranged husband by name in that September 18 speech.
“Because we have more control over that seat and the future when we control the seat — when it’s still in the family, even if we’re mad at them,” she said in the speech. “But if we lose it to the other team, the nuances that we want to fix with maybe a certain candidate are nothing compared to what it’s going to take to get it back, right?”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, right, listens as his estranged wife, Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton, speak to anti-abortion activists at a rally outside the Supreme Court, on Nov. 1, 2021.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP/File
The Texas Senate race is a marquee contest as Republicans seek to hold onto the chamber, and the seat — in what was a reliably red state — is increasingly seen as a toss-up, in part due to Ken Paxton’s scandals. Paxton was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives over yearslong corruption allegations and was later acquitted by the state Senate. He continued serving as attorney general of the Lone Star State.
A New York Times/Siena poll released Saturday showed Democratic nominee James Talarico leading Paxton by 6 percentage points.
In a separate ad posted by Paxton on Saturday, the GOP candidate’s daughter made the case that “liberal politicians,” like Talarico, are making the affordability crisis worse.
“When they come after you, my dad goes after them,” Mattie Hayworth says in the video, which featured her partner and children.
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