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Evangelical and Republican super PACs spend millions in Texas Senate race

An evangelical Christian super PAC reported $1 million supporting Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race. A Republican super PAC spent $131 million supporting Attorney General Ken Paxton, including $61.4 million in a few days.

Where
Statewide
When
September-October 2026
Sources
Reported by 2 outlets

Taxes and money

The sources don't state an effect on taxes. They do state these figures.

  • Independent expenditures supporting Talarico$1 million1 Who pays or receives it: Evangelicals for a Better Future
  • Digital ad buy and production expenditure on Sept. 1$400,0001 Who pays or receives it: Evangelicals for a Better Future to Digital Strategies
  • Digital ad buy expenditure on Oct. 1$600,0001 Who pays or receives it: Evangelicals for a Better Future to Digital Strategies Inc.
  • Independent expenditures supporting Paxton$131 million3 Who pays or receives it: Texas PAC
  • Spending within a few days in late September$61.4 million3 Who pays or receives it: Texas PAC
  • Digital ads for Paxton and against Talarico$3.7 million3 Who pays or receives it: Texas PAC
  • Printing and postage for mail ads$1.5 million3 Who pays or receives it: Texas PAC
  • Media production$25,0003 Who pays or receives it: Texas PAC
  • TV and streaming ads$56 million3 Who pays or receives it: Texas PAC
  • Receipts through June 30$22,687.751 Who pays or receives it: Evangelicals for a Better Future
  • Contribution from Faith Voters for Good through June 30$17,4941 Who pays or receives it: Faith Voters for Good to Evangelicals for a Better Future
  • Contribution from Public Democracy Inc.$5,0001 Who pays or receives it: Public Democracy Inc. to Evangelicals for a Better Future

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Who's involved

  • Evangelicals for a Better Futureevangelical Christian super PAC supporting Talarico
  • James TalaricoDemocratic candidate in Texas Senate race
  • Texas PACRepublican super PAC supporting Paxton
  • Ken PaxtonAttorney General, Republican candidate in Texas Senate race
  • Cabell HobbsTreasurer of Texas PAC
  • Faith Voters for GoodLargest contributor to Evangelicals for a Better Future through June 30
  • Digital Strategies Inc.Vendor receiving expenditures for digital ads

The facts

  • Evangelicals for a Better Future reported two independent expenditures totaling $1 million supporting Talarico.1
  • One evangelical super PAC expenditure was $400,000 on Sept. 1 and another was $600,000 on Oct. 1.1
  • Texas PAC spent $131 million to support Paxton as of Sept. 30, per FEC records.3
  • Texas PAC spent $61.4 million within a few days in late September.3
  • Of Texas PAC's rapid spending, $56 million went to TV and streaming ads.3
  • Evangelicals for a Better Future describes itself as mobilizing evangelicals around values of love, service, justice and grace.1

How they headlined it

The same event, as each outlet put it. Marked words appear in only one outlet's headline.

  • Evangelical Super PAC Spends $1 Million Backing Talarico in Texas

    Legis1

  • Capitol Context: The super PAC spending big on Paxton

    KXAN Austin, Yahoo

Sources

Outlets: 1 left-leaning, 2 not rated Only left-leaning outlets reported this Who's covering Texas →

These outlets were found through Google News headlines. Google decides which outlets appear there, and they lean mostly one way, so this sheet can only be as balanced as the reporting it was built from. Leanings are AllSides Media Bias Ratings.

  1. Evangelical Super PAC Spends $1 Million Backing Talarico in Texas Legis1 Not rated, October 6, 2026
  2. Capitol Context: The super PAC spending big on Paxton KXAN Austin Not rated, October 7, 2026
  3. Capitol Context: The super PAC spending big on Paxton Yahoo Lean Left, October 7, 2026

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