WASHINGTON, United States: Trump Paxton donation will put $10 million behind Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign as he faces Democrat James Talarico in a competitive race.
A Federal Election Commission filing on Saturday showed President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC allocating $5 million for ads supporting Paxton. Another $5 million will fund advertising against Talarico.
Both payments are going to political media company Del Ray Media Inc. for television and digital advertising.
The expenditure marks MAGA Inc.’s first major contribution of the 2026 midterm cycle. The committee held about $400 million but had previously made no comparable investment in a midterm contest.
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Trump said in August that he planned to spend heavily to support Republican candidates he considered strong.
Paxton remains popular among Republican voters despite years of political controversy. An August Texas Politics Project poll at the University of Texas at Austin put his approval among Republicans at 61%.
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Talarico has remained close to Paxton in polling despite Texas not electing a Democratic US senator in 33 years. Trump has also stepped up his public criticism of the Democratic candidate in recent weeks.
