Published by TrenBuzz.com | July 8, 2026 | BREAKING TEXAS SENATE
Key Points at a Glance – Ken Paxton
- An investigation by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found that Ken Paxton appears to have voted in six elections over the past two years using a Collin County address he no longer lived at.
- His wife Angela Paxton stated in a 2025 divorce filing that he moved out of the Collin County home approximately one year before that filing date.
- Paxton appears to have been living at a Denton County home since late 2025, but has never updated his voter registration to reflect this.
- Voting from an address where you no longer reside is a second-degree felony in Texas, carrying up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
- Paxton’s campaign called the story “a baseless, lie-filled tabloid story” but did not identify a single factual inaccuracy when pressed.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other Republicans who previously backed Cornyn are now fundraising for Paxton, suggesting national party confidence in him despite his growing personal scandals.
Ken Paxton Voter Fraud Allegation: What the Numbers Say About Where He Was Living
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have voted in six elections in the past two years using the address of a Collin County home where he no longer lived, according to a report Tuesday by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica.
The report stated that Paxton, now the Republican Senate nominee, continued to vote using the address after his wife said in a 2025 divorce filing that he had moved out of the home a year earlier.
What makes this specific allegation more significant than a simple residency question is the timeline: Paxton appears to have voted in May’s GOP Senate primary runoff using the old Collin County address. That is the election he won, the election that made him the Republican nominee for US Senate. If that vote was cast illegally under Texas law, it occurred in the very race that is now central to Republican hopes of holding the Texas Senate seat.
The Law Paxton Wrote His Career Around Is the One He May Have Broken
Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud.
“Free and fair elections are a cornerstone of a thriving republic,” Paxton said in February. “We will stop at nothing to uncover and stop any illegal voting activity.” His office’s own published guidance states clearly: “You must register to vote using the address where you reside.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department voting rights lawyer, said Paxton’s situation “would probably raise red flags in any state.” He added: “There would be questions raised about a residence where someone does not live, does not spend the night and can in no way have the intent to continue to reside.”
Iceland, IVF, and a Voter Registration He Never Updated
The voter fraud accusation adds to an already turbulent week for Paxton. The Daily Mail reported in late June that Paxton was spotted on video at a foreign airport with his alleged mistress Tracy Duhon. A Daily Kos piece Monday suggested Paxton may have also been in London during America’s 250th birthday celebrations.
Separately, Paxton walked back his previous support for IVF, telling the Washington Examiner that “we need to have restrictions, so that we don’t lose fertilized eggs, if that’s possible.” That reversed a position he had taken publicly to moderate his image after winning the Republican primary.
Paxton faces Democratic nominee James Talarico in November. The latest poll from the Texas Tribune shows them essentially tied. The voter fraud story, combined with the IVF reversal and the foreign trip video, gives Talarico three separate lines of attack before the July 15 fundraising deadline.