Talarico outraises Paxton in Texas Senate race as outside groups loom large

The red wall facing its biggest threat in decades as Republicans scramble to defend Texas

James Talarico leads Paxton in polls and final-stretch fundraising, giving Democrats their clearest shot in years at flipping a Texas Senate seat and turning the state blue.

Tracking the money raised and spent in the U.S. Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton

By Hien An Ngo, The Texas Tribune July 20, 2026   The race for Texas’s Senate seat is shaping up to be one the most expensive competitions in the nation. Democratic nominee James Talarico is setting records, raising more at this stage of the race than any Texas general-election candidate in the past decade and…

Talarico outraises Paxton in Texas Senate race as outside groups loom large

James Talarico has outraised Ken Paxton through their campaigns, but super PAX money adds another layer to the Texas Senate fundraising race.