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Elections · U.S. Senate · Texas

James Talarico

Democrat On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$69M

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$22M

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Talarico faces Ken Paxton for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Ken PaxtonRepublican · $9.2MJames Talaricothis pageDemocrat · $69M

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

54%from small donors
Small donors
54%$37M
Large donors
42%$29M
PACs
1%$343K
Party
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Self-funding
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Other
4%$2.6M

Separately, $4.9M 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 June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Texas

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

All dates and rules

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 4 of 7 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$4.2M
  • Lone Star Rising PAC$4.0M
  • Latino Victory Fund$83K
  • Forward Blue$46K
  • Field Team 6$13K
  • Activate America$11K

The top 5 committees of the $4.2M filed in this direction.

Spending to oppose them

$763K
  • Forward Texas$505K
  • Lone Star Liberty PAC$200K
  • Win It Back PAC$43K
    Club for Growth-affiliated conservative
  • American Political Action Committee$15K
How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. 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

Talarico has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

What the campaign says, on jamestalarico.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Larry D. Moore via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.