About Angela Paxton

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Committees

  • State Affairs, Vice Chair

  • Education

  • Finance

  • Local Government

  • Nominations

Legislative Accomplishments

Senate District 8 Constituent Priorities:

  • Texas Property Tax Reform and Transparency Act

  • Constitutional Amendment prohibiting State Income Tax

  • Public Utility Commission (PUC) and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) reform

  • Home Day Care protections - “Ellie’s Law”

  • Clarifying the authority of a junior college school marshal to carry a firearm on campus

  • Allowing rental car companies to accept e-signatures to lease a vehicle

  • Virtual currency recognition under the Uniform Commercial Code

Education Opportunity:

  • Improve resources for students with dyslexia (2019)

  • Increase teacher pay (2019)

  • Prevent teaching of racism in public schools (2021 --- pending)

  • Promote informed American patriotism in public schools (2021)

  • Instruction in effective online curriculum development, instruction, and assessment in teacher preparation courses (2021)

Human Dignity:

  • Omnibus Human Trafficking Prevention Act (2019)

  • Human Life Protection Act  (2021)

  • Freedom to Worship Act  (2021)

  • Texas Heartbeat Act (2021)

  • Sexual Assault Survivors Task Force recommendations (2021)

Biography

Angela Paxton was elected to the Texas Senate in November of 2018 and represents fast-growing Senate District 8, a district that is home to professional sports headquarters, dozens of Fortune 1000 companies, countless entrepreneurs and small businesses, and top-rated public schools. A secondary math teacher and school counselor for more than 20 years, she is the first educator elected to the Texas Senate in over two decades. Senator Paxton describes her job in three words: Listen. Learn. Lead.

Senator Paxton is an adopted child and the first person in her family to graduate from college. She earned an undergraduate degree in Mathematical Science from Baylor University and a Master of Science in Education from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Senator Paxton leverages her expertise as an educator, interest in technology, experience as a small business owner, and deep roots in Senate District 8 to advocate for her constituents and lead on policy that elevates educational and economic opportunity and human dignity.

Senator Paxton currently serves as the Vice Chair of the State Affairs Committee and as a member of the Senate committees for Finance, Education, Local Government, and Nominations. She is also the Chair of the Senate Republican Caucus, where she works with the other Republican Senators to advance our conservative priorities.

Senator Paxton and her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, met as students at Baylor University and have been married since 1986. They have four grown children and three grandchildren, and are members of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.

Awards & Recognitions