Friday, September 25, 2026

Checking In

Thanks, Trump—Texas Democrats
A super PAC backed by Senate Republican leaders has booked $117 million in ads to help Paxton and could spend as much as $200 million before Election Day, Punchbowl reported. The group, Texas PAC, is run and partly funded by the Senate Leadership Fund.

Republican spending in the race has reached $160 million, according to Playbook.

Senate Republicans spent tens of millions of dollars backing Cornyn in the primary, hoping to avoid spending hundreds of millions to carry Paxton through a general election, the report said. Meanwhile, Cornyn allies spent $90 million in the primary and runoff reminding voters of Paxton's ethical issues, from a messy divorce to a federal corruption probe.

Paxton emerged from the primary "deeply battered and broke," Punchbown observed, and Republicans now need the same voters to back him.
Paxton won the primary with Trump’s endorsement. Voters are more aware of Paxton’s corruption than ever before, thanks in large part to those primary ads. Talarico is leading in each of the last 10 public polls. And Paxton, it turns out, is a terrible campaigner. Trump in 2026: Speaking of dinner: Speaking of the future: Because the anti-Christ will have come by then? And finally, the Republicans winning message: “But! Joe Biden!”

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