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Posted on 05/28/2026 9:57:38 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump may be celebrating that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won Tuesday’s Senate primary, but some Republicans now worry that they have a Texas-sized problem on their hands.
Paxton, with Trump’s endorsement, handily defeated four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the runoff. Democrats largely viewed Paxton as the weaker candidate because of his many controversies. But his fundraising struggles are also raising alarm bells among Republicans.
“Economically, it’s a disaster. Texas is extremely expensive,” said a GOP consultant working on Senate races, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about party resources.
So far, Paxton’s fundraising has paled in comparison with that of the Democratic nominee, state Rep. James Talarico, who has raised more than $40 million — though he spent most of it in a hotly contested primary. But Talarico is expected to raise millions more; he pulled in $600,000 in just two hours following Paxton’s win, according to Talarico’s campaign. The haul was first reported by Politico.
Paxton has raised $7.6 million, and his campaign had $2.3 million left to spend as of May 6. The Paxton campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The consultant noted that the GOP groups will most likely have to quadruple their original spending for the race. Their contributions could reach $100 million, potentially pulling resources from other key battlegrounds as Republicans defend their Senate majority.
And Texas is an expensive state; with its roughly 20 media markets, statewide ads can cost several million dollars to air per week.
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Paxton has a strong network in Texas and across the US. There will be many who will be happy to answer the call
“But Talarico is expected to raise millions more; he pulled in $600,000 in just two hours following Paxton’s win, according to Talarico’s campaign.”
OK and how much did Paxton pull in in the hours after his win over Cornyn?
UH OH. Woke, controlled deep-state NBC news says Texas Republicans are in trouble!
Whatever to do???!!
I am reading that $100 million from the Senate Republican fund was used to protect Cornyn in the primary.
Get the money out of Cornyn’s hide.
Paxton won the Republican race 70/30 with Cornyn and his disgusting band of national Republican committee money outspending Paxton by $80 million
Talarico v Paxton is a sideshow.
“”UH OH. Woke, controlled deep-state NBC news says Texas Republicans are in trouble!
Whatever to do???!!””
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Goshgolly! I guess that just means that we’re gonna have to work even harder to raise money to kick their @ss at the election booth this November! We should thank them for reminding us.
They should get Spencer Pratt’s creative team to do their work.
Maybe they shouldn’t have wasted $100 million on John Wayne McCornyn.
The article is a disaster. If FR had any filter for quality, it wouldn’t be posted.
RE: The article is a disaster.
Can you explain why ( other than you don’t like the fact that Paxton is behind Talarico in fund raising )?
“Consultant” is a known GOP-e infiltrator.
Mark McKinnon was on John McCain’s staff.
If money raised was the deciding factor, Hillary would have won in 2016.
As long as Paxton has at least 75% as much Talirico, it isn’t going to be an overwhelming issue.
As soon as I noticed this is from Nobody But Commies (NBC) I smiled at the garbage.
Mediaite, ABC-CBS-NBC-CNN-MSLSD, New York Slimes, Washington Compost. They all drive the Leftist Communist Socialist Deep State narratives. They often publish, push what they wish were true.
Reality and the “Truth” have no home in these places.
One of my favorites was their 2016 90% surety that Billary Clinton would be elected.
To this day President Trump is calling out the fake news to their faces. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the “reporters” around the President eventually snaps and tries to hit the President with their phone.
NBC news…..yeah right, like I’m gonna read whatever tripe they pump out.
Will Talarico have to declare this article as a campaign contribution from NBC?
Fake News...anonymous sources... “may/could” blah blah.
It’s total bullshit. Why bother reading, much less believing?
I’m in for $100. Maybe more in the Fall. Texas is simply far too important a State to let fall to the dogs. I mean Democrats.
More of the same. RINO death wailing is old at this point. And it is ALWAYS the same cry:
“UNLESS YOU CHOOSE OUR GUY/GAL, THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN WIN!!!”
And the cherry on top, at least as pertains to the Senate, was Mitch McConnell would make if a self fulfilling prophecy. He would set about to sabotage the conservative candidate. Sometimes successfully, sometimes (lately) not so much.
Ignore this sideshow bull-shiite and start saving so you can drop a C-note on Paxton. If you think about it $100 is about four trips to McDonalds - not hard to skip a few cholesterol packed sit-downs.
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