Paxton was impeached by the Texas House in May 2023 but acquitted months later by the Senate, meaning he went without pay for about three months.

Members of the Texas House of Representatives approved a motion to support giving more than $63,000 in back-pay to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton related to his impeachment trial, as a small number of state senators and representatives plan to meet behind closed doors to iron out the state's budget.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's entry into the U.S. Senate race against incumbent John Cornyn could serve as a litmus test for a Republican party in flux. "It's an establishment versus an insurgent campaign,