[[Angela Paxton]], wife and political advisor of Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], is the Republican state senator-elect for District 8 and will succeed Taylor in January 2019. She defeated the Democrat Mark Phariss in the same election in which Taylor defeated Burch and Ken Paxton won a second term as attorney general. | [[Angela Paxton]], wife and political advisor of Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]], is the Republican state senator-elect for District 8 and will succeed Taylor in January 2019. She defeated the Democrat Mark Phariss in the same election in which Taylor defeated Burch and Ken Paxton won a second term as attorney general. |