Attorney General Ken Paxton raised $2.9 million over the first 12 weeks of his bid for U.S. Senate, his campaign announced Friday. Paxton revealed the haul ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for federal candidates to disclose their spending and fundraising activities from the start of April through the end of June.

The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed for divorce Thursday, a move likely to reverberate in his campaign to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the most closely watched Senate primaries in the country.

Sen. John Cornyn flew aboard Air Force One with Trump to Kerrville, Texas, while Attorney General Ken Paxton attended the event to honor flood victims.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lead over Sen. John Cornyn to be the Republican candidate for Senate dropped following Paxton's alleged affair-driven divorce.