The Washington Post via Getty Im The Texas attorney general tasked his daughter with damage control after a political rival put his alleged affairs on blast. Ken Paxton, 63, released a new ad on Thursday featuring his daughter, Mattie Hayworth, singing his praises after Sen. John Cornyn labeled him a “ wife cheater ” in a blistering ad earlier this week. Cornyn, 74, is fighting to keep his seat in the hotly contested Texas Republican Senate primary against Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt. “My kids know I’m running for Senate because I’m fighting for them and their children’s future,” Paxton wrote in an X post . “Unlike John Cornyn, who’s become a desperate shell of a man clinging to power, my campaign is not about attacking someone else’s family. It’s about protecting America.” Read more at The Daily Beast.