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Posted on 07/09/2026 2:03:01 PM PDT by DFG
State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, raised a staggering $30 million from April through June, his campaign announced Wednesday — more than triple the amount brought in by his Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.
The haul is a record total for a U.S. Senate candidate in the second quarter of an election year, Talarico’s campaign said, noting he has now raised more than $70 million from over 1.5 million donations, including 780,000 individual contributors, since launching his bid in September.
“I’m honored to stand alongside more than 780,000 neighbors who are tired of being divided into teams — red versus blue, left versus right, rural versus urban,” Talarico, D-Austin, said in a statement. “We are uniting Texans onto one team to change this broken, corrupt political system and bring down costs for working families.”
Earlier Wednesday, Paxton’s campaign said he had raised over $9 million in the second quarter of the year — a personal best and the largest amount announced by any non-incumbent Senate GOP candidate this cycle, per his campaign. Both campaigns had yet to file their second-quarter reports, due July 15 to the Federal Election Commission, identifying their donors and how much cash they have on hand.
Talarico’s mammoth fundraising has boosted Democratic hopes that he could become the first Democrat to turn a Senate seat blue since 1988, particularly against Paxton, the Republican nominee who has historically posted relatively weak fundraising totals. Some of Talarico’s fundraising edge could be neutralized, however, by a recent Supreme Court ruling that empowers Paxton to tap into the national GOP’s deep coffers.
Recent public polling has found the race essentially tied.
Talarico’s second-quarter haul easily outpaced those of Texas’ recent Democratic Senate nominees, including the $10.4 million raised by former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke in the same period in 2018. Former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred raised $7.9 million from April through June 2024 on his way to besting O’Rourke’s then-record fundraising.
Talarico broke records in the first three months of this year, too, when he took in a whopping $27 million — more than any other federal candidate in the country over that stretch.
“Running a truly competitive campaign in a state with nearly three times the population of any other battleground state will take unprecedented resources,” Talarico campaign manager Seth Krasne said in a statement. “While the Supreme Court creates new loopholes for billionaires and special interests to prop up their puppets, we’re going to continue building a movement to take back power for working people. Because Big Money is nothing compared to People Power.”
Talarico has sworn off corporate PAC donations, and his campaign said 97% of donations to his bid were $100 or less. The most common profession among his contributors, his campaign added, was teachers.
Texas did not land on national Democrats’ initial list of top Senate targets this cycle, with Alaska, Iowa, Maine, North Carolina and Ohio seen as the party’s prime pickup opportunities. But turmoil surrounding Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in Maine, this week has sharpened the importance of Talarico’s campaign to Democrats’ quest to retake the Senate.
Platner ended his bid Wednesday after a woman who dated him told Politico he raped her nearly five years ago and numerous Democrats called on him to drop out of the race. He has denied the allegation.
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Probably most of it.
He is just the latest Beto.
Probably closer to Abortion Barbie.
....bullsh*t talks; money walks....I am no political analyst but it appears to me that Talafreako has the edge on Mr.
Paxton as far as a campaign war chest is concerned... I
wish it were the other way around.....
I’m sure ActBlue is doing “it’s thing” for Talafreako. Including a lot of foreign funds and maybe some hidden Soros money in the mix.
I’m sure ActBlue is doing “it’s thing” for Talafreako. Including a lot of foreign funds and maybe some hidden Soros money in the mix.
Hardcore Gay’s have Money to spare as they never have children to raise...This guy talarico is a flame
Won’t make a difference. Just look at how much more money Cornyn raised and spent in the primary.
There is a big fund raiser for Paxton next week in D.C. After that fund raiser, Paxton will get enough to bury Talarico. Texans already know enough about Talafreako to beat him by at least 10 points.
No, he’s the latest Platner. Anyone who checks the boxes that supposedly will sway the white, male, straight, Christian voter is sufficient. Though they could have chosen someone more convincingly straight and Christian. Doesn’t matter who, just check the boxes and try to push him past the idiot voters
I would like to see Gov Abbot audit Tallyfreako’s campaign funding.
“...bullsh*t talks; money walks...”
You need to break free of phrases like that.
Are you saying the Republicans have bullshit in the form of the Paxton candidacy? Not much other conclusion you can draw from that bromide.
And you think that the American voter votes depending on how much money a candidate throws out. That has been proven many time to not be the case. Trump and others have always been outspent, and won, and the free campaign contributions by the crooked legacy media promoting democrats alone would toll up into the billions.
Ken Paxton should demand that the Talarico campaign not take out of state donations.
....I was trying to make the point that there seems
to be a connection between having a good war chest
and political victory...I am a solid Paxton
supporter and sincerely hope he wins this upcoming
election....Talafreako is a Social Democrat has to be
taken rather seriously - look at the mess in New York
City with the SDAs who recently won congressional seats.....
The campaign narrative being pushed is as follows:
James Talarico: The Hometown boy with downhome, Texas values vs. a corrupt, career politician.
And he has the funds to overwhelm with this narrative - assuming he doesn’t spend his money as stupidly as Harris’ campaign did.
Dark money, much of it. These “small donations” are another example of the fraud that goes into the campaigns that are largely funded from “out of state” supporters.
Literally thousands of credit card accounts are involved, many of which are opened for just this purpose, with possibly fictitious names and addresses, and money from deep-pocket sources being used to pay the balances accrued, by donations to perhaps dozens of these otherwise dubious candidates. So long as less than $200 is donated to any one candidate, it is not necessary to reveal the names and addresses of these fictitious “small donation” supporters, and the apparent result is to show a “groundswell” for a candidate who has much less support than really exists.
Almost as effective as a “push poll”.
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James Talarico — Major Sources of Contributions
James Talarico, the Texas House District 50 representative and U.S. Senate candidate, has received contributions from a mix of individual donors, political action committees (PACs), and other entities. Public filings show both large and small contributions, with some major PACs and individual donors making significant gifts.
Top individual contributors (recent cycle) Transparency USA+1
James Talarico (himself) — $21,584.42 (ENTITY)
Peter McCarthy — $20,000 (INDIVIDUAL)
Bailey McCarthy — $10,000 (INDIVIDUAL)
Walter Horton — $8,500 (INDIVIDUAL)
Frances Anderson — $6,500 (INDIVIDUAL)
Tomas Torres — $6,000 (INDIVIDUAL)
Judi & Joseph Bruegger — $5,550 (INDIVIDUAL)
William Tunstill — $4,217.68 (INDIVIDUAL)
Brian Ussher — $4,000 (INDIVIDUAL)
Hala Mnaymneh — $3,500 (INDIVIDUAL)
Major PAC and entity contributors Transparency USA
Texas Sands PAC — multiple large gifts, including $50,000 and $4,500 each
Legacy 44 — $15,000
The Charles Butt Public Education PAC — $10,000
Charter Schools Now PAC — multiple $5,000–$7,370 gifts
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC — $5,000
Austin Firefighters Association — $3,000
Texas Working People CWA PAC — $2,500
Sun City Democrats Club Impact — $2,000
Funding profile www.campaignfinancedigest.com
Top employer sources: Not Employed, Self-Employed, Marquis Group, and several law firms and foundations.
Geographic breakdown: 69% of contributions from Texas, with significant inflows from California, New York, and other states.
Donation size: 86% of contributions are $2,000 or more, with the rest from small-dollar donors.
Campaign context factually.co
Talarico’s campaign emphasizes a high volume of small donations (claiming 98% were $100 or less) and no direct corporate PAC contributions to the campaign account. However, outside groups — including a super PAC with “dark money” — have injected millions in support, which are not fully transparent in public filings.
In summary, Talarico’s funding mix includes major individual donors, several PACs, and a strong base of small-dollar contributions, with a significant portion from Texas-based sources and a notable share from out-of-state contributors.
Money talks
BS walks.
IOW, put real skin in the game or get out.
dePress always focuses on money because its an easy metric that tells a story they like to tell, but that’s FAR from the real skin that’s on the line, here.
REAL Texans have a grip as to what’s at stake, but it’s not a done deal, so pressure needs to be amped up to get Conservatives out for Paxton.
The National Dems are going to try to flood the zone and the establishment gop will be helping them…
I fully expect Texas spending to be astronimical. Wouldn’t be surprised in the least if it good 400-500M for both sides spending when it’s all done
If they did he would be down 30+ points.
He's defining himself.
I don't know why some of these campaigns don't get the idea of just printing out some of these news articles and sending them in the mail to voters, also taking printouts of them to ol' timer hangouts and passing them out (starting word of mouth campaigns) - far less costly than 30 second ads and would get the news out there around the MSM. A lot of people might just throw them away as junk mail, but enough would read it and maybe talk to their family and neighbors and be like "did you know this about this guy running for Senate? He's nuts!"
One example - but there are so many others:
Probably right there, but I will that Jazzy (RACIS) Crockett had been the nominee.
The TX Tribune is a George Soros 501C non profit website .
Its not an Actual News site.
It was created by Soros and a Calif Leftist to turn Texas BLUE .
Its spreads Left wing lies misinformation.
Please post this FYI before posting a Soros funded site.
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