GOP Senate candidate's estranged wife confirms who she's voting for amid divorce proceedings

By Fox News · Fox News

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton is addressing the "elephant in the room," saying she’ll vote Republican this November without mentioning one GOP candidate by name: her estranged husband, Ken Paxton. Angela Paxton, who filed for divorce from the Texas Republican Senate candidate last year on "biblical grounds," says in a new political ad that she will back the Republican ticket on Nov. 3, arguing that keeping the seat in GOP hands outweighs concerns about any individual candidate. "People have asked my thoughts about this election, and turns out, I have some," she says in the ad. "Let’s talk about the elephant in the room." GOP FORTRESS IS UNDER THREAT IN ONE KEY RED STATE, AND THESE VOTERS COULD DECIDE WHETHER IT FALLS "In a general election, it’s not as much about the individual players on the team; it’s about getting the whole team across the finish line," she continues . "Either we hold every Republican seat, or we hand the future of Texas to the other team." "That’s why I’m voting for the Republican ticket on Nov. 3," she adds. "Let’s hold the line together." The ad does not mention Ken Paxton by name, but its message comes as the Republican Senate candidate faces a tight general election contest against Democrat James Talarico . The latest Fox News Poll , released Thursday, found Talarico with 51% support among Texas likely voters and Paxton with 49%, a difference within the poll’s margin of sampling error. The same poll found 50% of likely voters preferred Republican control of the U.S. Senate, compared with 49% who preferred Democratic control. Angela Paxton has previously signaled that maintaining Republican control of the seat takes precedence over her feelings about the individual candidate. During an address to the Texas Federation of Republican Women in September, she similarly framed the issue as the "elephant in the room" and told the audience that "it’s not the people, it’s the seat." REPUBLICAN CAVALRY ARRIVES FOR KEN PAXTON AS BIG-BUCKS TEXAS OFFENS…