In her divorce petition, first reported by the Texas Newsroom’s Lauren McGaughy, Senator Paxton accuses her husband, who’s running for the U.S. Senate, of adultery.

“Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds,” she announced on X.

A powerful and deep pocketed political action committee largely funded by a pair of West Texas oil tycoons — Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks — promised political vengeance to House Republicans who crossed P...