TEXAS PAC, a super political action committee (PAC), reported $32.35m against Democrat James Talarico in a single 24-hour report on 21 October, in two payments dated 20 October1. The super PAC's only named donor is the Senate Leadership Fund. Its spending in the Texas Senate race now totals $180.93m, up from $131.53m on 30 September. No outside filing Lowdown has seen in the race since September has topped this one.
TEXAS PAC held $26.2m in cash on 30 September and has reported $49.4m of new spending since23. On Lowdown's arithmetic from those two filed numbers, about $23m reflects October receipts, money owed to vendors or buys paid before 30 September. Its pre-general report covers only 1 to 14 October, so money that arrived later will show in its post-general report, due on 3 December. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) spent $0.14m with Talarico in September4.
In-person early voting opened on Monday 19 October, the day before those payments. Harris County recorded about 105,000 first-day ballots, about 66% above 2018's roughly 63,0005. The Daily Caller, a right-leaning site, reports the records came in Democratic urban counties6, while Spectrum News found high turnout in rural counties as well7.
