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这位德克萨斯州州参议员对共和党女性表示，若参议院席位“留在家族手中”，“我们拥有更多控制权”
作者：彼得·皮内多 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月23日 美国东部夏令时下午3:30
塔拉里科若向德克萨斯选民坦诚自己的真实立场，便无法获胜：肯·帕克斯顿
德克萨斯州联邦共和党参议员候选人肯·帕克斯顿谈及2026年共和党全国代表大会中期选举大会的影响，以及他的民主党对手詹姆斯·塔拉里科似乎在《汉尼蒂秀》中与过往观点保持距离。
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在以“房间里的大象”为主题的演讲中，德克萨斯州共和党参议员候选人肯·帕克斯顿已离婚的妻子、州参议员安吉拉·帕克斯顿首次就她是否会在今年11月的选举中支持丈夫一事发表公开表态。
她在演讲中强调：“关键不在于人，而在于席位。”
“只要席位仍在家族手中，只要我们能掌控这个席位，我们就能更好地掌控其未来，即便我们对对方心怀不满。” 台下听众发出了笑声。
该演讲视频于周五由德克萨斯州德威特县共和党以及州共和党执行委员会成员谢丽尔·汤普森-德雷珀发布在脸书上。
福克斯新闻民调：共和党分歧影响德克萨斯州参议院竞选
2021年11月1日，美国最高法院就两项针对德克萨斯州新堕胎法的诉讼进行听证，时任州检察长的肯·帕克斯顿与妻子、州参议员安吉拉·帕克斯顿在法院外。安吉拉·帕克斯顿于去年以“圣经依据”提出离婚。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-罗尔呼叫公司 via 盖蒂图片社；大卫·布奥诺/Icon 体育通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
这是帕克斯顿的 estranged妻子自提出离婚以来首次公开谈及德克萨斯州参议院竞选。民主党正将该席位作为夺取参议院控制权的目标。在最新的福克斯新闻民调中，民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科以51%比48%领先帕克斯顿3个百分点。福克斯新闻将该竞选归类为势均力敌的拉锯战。
安吉拉·帕克斯顿于2025年7月提出离婚。在离婚申请中，她指出丈夫“存在通奸行为”，两人的婚姻“因分歧或性格冲突变得无法维系”。
她在社交媒体帖子中写道：“结婚38年后，我以圣经依据提出离婚。”
“我认为婚姻是神圣的契约，我曾认真寻求和解，”她补充道，“但鉴于近期的发现，我认为继续维持婚姻既不荣耀上帝，也对我自己、我的孩子以及肯都不负责。”
尽管已经离婚，这位州参议员仍敦促共和党选民在本次中期选举中忠于政党。
“如果我们将席位输给对手，我们想要修正某些候选人的细微瑕疵，与夺回席位所需付出的代价相比，根本不值一提。”她说。
12场竞选争夺参议院战场，民主党期待翻盘
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她承认，对候选人的个人不满可能会影响部分选民的投票选择，但她强调：“当你为候选人投票时，也就同时选择了他所属的政党。”
“政党会伴随候选人而来，”她继续说道，“所以，如果你仅仅因为更喜欢某位候选人，或是其他原因就投给他，你需要明白，他并非孤立的个体，不像菜单上的一道菜，你只能单点。你选择的是一整套方案。而当我们的政党掌权时，我们拥有更多的控制权。当候选人隶属于我们的政党时，我们才有更大的影响力去推动变革。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系州参议员安吉拉·帕克斯顿、肯·帕克斯顿以及塔拉里科置评。
在击败长期任职的参议员约翰·康林（R-德克萨斯）的激烈初选中胜出后，帕克斯顿在与塔拉里科的大选中始终未能站稳脚跟。
即便如此，帕克斯顿仍自信地表示，选民会将塔拉里科视为“虚假”的温和派，并援引了塔拉里科过往的言论，包括称“上帝是非二元性的”以及“存在六种性别”。帕克斯顿得到了前总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持，以及特朗普的“让美国再次伟大”政治行动委员会和埃隆·马斯克的“美国政治行动委员会”的资金支持。
塔拉里科因咨询公司高薪薪酬遭“公然腐败”指控，竞选团队予以反驳
2026年7月22日，民主党参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在德克萨斯州奥斯汀凯悦中心国会大道酒店举行的新闻发布会上发言。2026年8月4日，德克萨斯州检察长肯·帕克斯顿在艾伦市马特牧场马丁内斯餐厅的竞选活动结束后向观众挥手致意。（布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社；布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社）
本月早些时候，塔拉里科在接受福克斯新闻采访时就其“上帝是非二元性的”以及“存在六种性别”的言论道歉，称其发言“未能切中要点”。
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Paxton’s estranged wife breaks silence on Texas Senate race after ‘biblical grounds’ divorce
2026-09-23T15:30:15-04:00 / Fox News
The Texas state senator told Republican women ‘we have more control’ when the Senate seat stays ‘in the family’
By Peter Pinedo Fox News
Published September 23, 2026 3:30pm EDT
Talarico knows he cannot win if he tells Texans the truth about his beliefs: Ken Paxton
Texas GOP U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton discusses the impact of the 2026 RNC midterm convention and his Democratic opponent James Talarico seemingly distancing himself from past views on ‘Hannity.’
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After filing for divorce on “biblical grounds,” Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s estranged wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, addressed whether she would support him this November.
In an address to the Texas Federation of Republican Women themed “the elephant in the room,” the state senator stressed that “it’s not the people, it’s the seat.”
“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 as the audience chuckled.
Video of the address was posted on Facebook on Friday by the DeWitt County, Texas, GOP and state Republican Executive Committee member Cheryl Thompson-Draper.
FOX NEWS POLL: GOP DIVISIONS SHAPE TEXAS SENATE RACE
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, outside the Supreme Court after the court heard two challenges to Texas’ new abortion law on Nov. 1, 2021. State Sen. Paxton filed for divorce last year, citing “biblical grounds.”(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
This is the first time Paxton’s estranged wife has publicly addressed the Texas Senate race since filing for divorce. Democrats are targeting the seat as they seek to win control of the Senate. Democratic candidate James Talarico held a 3-point edge over Paxton, 51% to 48%, in the most recent Fox News poll. Fox News has categorized the race as a toss-up.
The state senator filed for divorce from Paxton in July 2025. In her filing, Paxton said that her husband had “committed adultery” and that their marriage had “become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities.”
In a social media post, she wrote that “after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds.”
“I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation,” she added. “But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage.”
Despite the divorce, the state senator urged GOP voters to remain loyal to the party in this midterm election.
“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,” she said.
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She acknowledged that personal frustrations with a candidate may influence some voters but emphasized that “when you vote for the person, the party comes along with them.”
“The party comes with the person,” she continued. “So, when you vote for that person because you like this one better or whatever, you just need to understand, they are not alone, like a standalone thing, like a menu item, you get the whole thing, and we have more control when it’s our party. We have more ability to influence when that person is attached to our party.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the state senator, Paxton and Talarico for comment.
After a bruising primary race in which he toppled longtime Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Paxton has struggled to find his footing in the general election against Talarico.
Even so, Paxton has projected confidence that voters will reject Talarico as a “fake” moderate, pointing to past comments by Talarico, including saying “God is nonbinary” and saying there are six sexes. Paxton has the support of President Donald Trump and financial backing from the president’s MAGA Inc. political action committee as well as Elon Musk’s America PAC.
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Left: Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Right: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton waves at the conclusion of a campaign event at Matt’s Rancho Martinez restaurant on August 04, 2026 in Allen, Texas.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
In an interview with Fox News earlier this month, Talarico walked back his comments about God being nonbinary and there being six sexes, saying his statements “missed the mark.”
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In the same interview, however, Talarico said, “I am proud of my legislative track record delivering for Texans.”
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“I brought Democrats and Republicans together to pass 60 bipartisan bills that lower people’s costs and get the economy back on track,” he said, adding, “I’ll put my record up against Ken Paxton’s every day of the week and twice on Sunday.”
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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