Angela Paxton
Senator · State senate · Texas · District 8
Republican
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 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 is an adopted child and the first person in her family to graduate from college. She holds a Texas lifetime teaching certificate in Secondary Mathematics. Senator Paxton leverages her expertise as an educator, background 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.
On the record
- Education
- Baylor University, B.S.; University of Houston Clear Lake, M.Ed.
- Profession
- Leadership Consultant; Former Educator
- Religion
- Watermark Community Church
- Family
- Four children.
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room 3E.10, P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711 · 512-463-0108
- Phone
- 512-463-0108
- angela.paxton@senate.texas.gov