Republican Calls for MAGA Star’s Data Over Secret Affair Journey

Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s marketing campaign is demanding paperwork from the state’s Trump-backed lawyer normal that may show if he used taxpayer cash to fund journey to see his reported mistress.

Politico’s Playbook mentioned Cornyn’s marketing campaign has requested for data of the journey and actions of Tracy Duhon and his U.S. Senate race rival, Ken Paxton.

Duhon is the woman allegedly on the heart of an affair scandal with Paxton that has seen each their marriages collapse, the British Daily Mail reported.

Cornyn’s crew is demanding “Paxton’s travel and activities with Tracy Duhon, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s alleged paramour, since March 2024.”

That escalates an already bitter GOP major between the 2 males desirous to be U.S senator for Texas.

“These records are not only subject to public information law, but relevant to public interest as made clear in a Sept. 12, 2025, Daily Mail article showing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been traveling “across the country and even overseas” to satisfy a lady named Tracy Duhon with whom he was having an affair,” the submitting states.

The marketing campaign alleged the journeys had been “essential to keeping the entanglement secret” from Paxton’s spouse, which might make them private in nature. “If Paxton has used official resources to pay for any of these trips, or if the getaways conflicted with responsibilities to the state of Texas, Texans deserve to know,” it continued.

A spokesperson for Paxton declined to remark to Playbook. The Daily Beast has additionally sought remark.

The Daily Mail reported that Duhon, 57, a Christian influencer and mom of seven, stays primarily based at her millionaire ex-husband Troy’s property on Lake Pontchartrain close to New Orleans. She and Troy Duhon finalized their divorce simply final month.

The Mail mentioned Paxton and Duhon met on the Kentucky Derby in 2024, and that their relationship in the end additionally ended his 38-year marriage to Texas Sen. Angela Paxton.

Multiple sources instructed the outlet the lawyer normal’s spouse discovered of the affair earlier this yr. She filed for divorce on July 10, asserting on X, “Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds… in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage.”

Cornyn, a longtime Senate mainstay, is now preventing off Paxton’s Trump-backed problem. His marketing campaign has launched a website known as KenStoppers.com, which it describes as an actual tip line for alleged misconduct.

Paxton has been weighed down by years of scandal, however thus far, he has managed to shake off all the pieces thrown at him. In 2015, he was indicted for securities fraud and made a $300,000 settlement deal to keep away from a prison trial.

In 2023, he was impeached by the Republican-controlled state House over accusations of corruption and abuse of energy linked to his affair, although the state Senate acquitted him.

The FBI has additionally investigated whether or not Paxton used his place to safe favors, together with dwelling renovations and a job for a lady with whom he was allegedly having an affair.

Add in a $3.3 million whistleblower settlement and his failed try to overturn the 2020 election, and Cornyn’s camp is betting voters gained’t ignore his travails.

Cornyn, subsequently, has framed the race as a referendum on integrity. “This is a test of character, and whether character still matters,” he mentioned earlier this month. The senator should defeat Paxton within the March GOP major to safe a fifth time period.