After a two-month investigation by the Texas House Committee on General Investigating into allegations of misuse of office, which led to 20 Articles of Impeachment against Paxton, the House voted 121-23 (all 23 members voting nay being Republicans; two members declared themselves Present Not Voting, with one excused absence and two Democrats choosing not to cast a vote or declare Present Not Voting) to impeach Paxton and send the matter to the Texas Senate for a trial; this action automatically caused Paxton to be suspended from office without pay or benefits pending the trial to permanently remove him from office and disqualify him from future state or local office.<ref>Paxton cannot, however, be prohibited from running for a Federal office if he were to consider such in the future.</ref> | After a two-month investigation by the Texas House Committee on General Investigating into allegations of misuse of office, which led to 20 Articles of Impeachment against Paxton, the House voted 121-23 (all 23 members voting nay being Republicans; two members declared themselves Present Not Voting, with one excused absence and two Democrats choosing not to cast a vote or declare Present Not Voting) to impeach Paxton and send the matter to the Texas Senate for a trial; this action automatically caused Paxton to be suspended from office without pay or benefits pending the trial to permanently remove him from office and disqualify him from future state or local office.<ref>Paxton cannot, however, be prohibited from running for a Federal office if he were to consider such in the future.</ref> |