TEXAS PAC
Texas-based Super PAC backing Ken Paxton against James Talarico in the Senate race.
By 21 September, TEXAS PAC had spent $69.32m in Texas's Senate race, backing Ken Paxton and opposing James Talarico, while its donors remained undisclosed.
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Why has Texas PAC's spending on the Paxton-Talarico race hit $69.3m?
Timeline for TEXAS PAC
Filed a 48-hour notice taking total spending to $69.32m
US Midterms 2026: Texas PAC hits $69.3m in Paxton raceMentioned in: $85m of Texas ads, no donor named
US Midterms 2026Background
TEXAS PAC is a Texas-based federal super PAC focused on the state's Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico. Its purpose is electoral advocacy: it supports Paxton and attacks Talarico through independent campaign spending. By 21 September, it had reported $69.32m in such spending.
The committee matters because it concentrates a large share of the race's outside advertising in one organisation while its financing remains opaque. Its disclosed spending figures allow voters to see the scale and direction of its intervention, but not the donors behind it before its next Federal Election Commission report. The committee was among two groups reporting more than $85m in Texas Senate-race spending during the week ending 15 September.
TEXAS PAC drives Senate spending
On 21 September, TEXAS PAC reported $69.32m spent in the Texas Senate race. Its notices put $36.75m behind Ken Paxton and $32.57m against James Talarico, making the committee a central outside-spending vehicle in the contest.
For TEXAS PAC, the spending is significant because voters could not identify its funders before the Federal Election Commission's next report. Between 8 and 15 September, TEXAS PAC and a separate committee reported more than $85m in race spending without filing donor schedules. For TEXAS PAC, the gap between visible advertising and undisclosed financing defines its role in the campaign.