Texas resident here ...
So ... Paxton's acquittal was an embarassment, even to many Republican politicians here, who were disgusted with the outcome. At least he was actually facing impeachment, though. Progress?
Sadly, Texas has a long history (it's not alone in this regard, but it is very notable) of serious political corruption, including with law enforcement (Sheriffs running their county as personal fiefs, running liquor and drugs, etc), to the point that there have been many Federal interventions. It is worth noting that Texas is a *big* state, which makes a lot of this easier in some regards, and that it's by no means typical of the average Texan, but ... still, it is and has been 'a thing' for basically the entire history of the state, alas.
The abortion position has basically no real support on the ground - there are many, though not a majority, who support restricting abortion in some way, even prohibiting it at a state level outside some very narrow exceptions, but basically nobody supports hunting women down and prosecuting them for even trying to get an abortion - and many 'moderate' voters have been pushed into seeking to oppose those politicians who did back this. As 'jake' has noted above, only time will tell if they actually vote their professed positions, but Texas has never been a true 'Republican Heartland' the way many fondly imagine. The cities have always been largely Democrat voters, and the rural areas are mixed but shifted heavily to the Republicans in the 1990s with the whole courting of Evangelical Christians by the GOP. As of today, that is increasingly not holding, in no small part thanks to the previous resident of the White House.