Elections · U.S. Senate · Texas
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Raised for this seat
$9.2M
Through September 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.8M
Through September 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Paxton faces James Talarico and Ted Brown for this seat on November 3, 2026, with Avery Ayers, Bradford Hall, Zul Mohamed and Jade Simmons certified as write-in candidates.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Certified list: Texas Secretary of State; Certified List of Write-In Candidates (Federal, State, and District), including four U.S. Senate write-ins; Independent Candidate Filings for 2026, with each applicant's outcome. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 19%$1.8M
- Large donors
- 78%$7.3M
- PACs
- 2%$158K
- Party
- <1%$62K
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$9K
Separately, $144M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through September 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Texas
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- John Cornyn$14M
- Ted Brown$13K
- Ken Paxtonthis page$9.2M
- James Talarico$69M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 4 of the 6 campaigns that hold the seat, are on the ballot, or have $25,000 raised or outside spending, not counting campaigns that ended before any ballot; every filing is on the race page.
Spending to support them
$88M- Texas PAC$70M
- Maga$7.5M
- Lone Star Liberty PAC$4.4M
- America PAC$3.2M
- No Going Back PAC$2.8M
The top 5 committees of the $88M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$56M- Texans for a Conservative Majority$25M
- Lone Star Rising PAC$16M
- Texas Forever$5.8M
- Lower Costs Now$3.9M
- Texans Demanding Accountability$1.9M
The top 5 committees of the $56M filed in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 9, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
Record in office
Paxton does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
What the campaign says, on kenpaxton.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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