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Trump’s Super PAC to Spend $10 Million on Texas Senate Race
Confirmed
In Short: MAGA Inc., the super PAC aligned with President Trump, has announced it will spend $10 million on advertising in the Texas Senate race, supporting Republican Ken Paxton against Democratic nominee James Talarico.
According to reports, MAGA Inc. has filed a new spending disclosure with the Federal Election Commission, indicating it will allocate $10 million for TV and digital ads in the Texas Senate race. The move comes after weeks of speculation and follows earlier statements from Trump, who said he plans to use his super PAC to spend up to $500 million boosting Republican candidates in the midterms.
The spending is part of a broader strategy by MAGA Inc., which has 'close to a billion dollars' in funds, according to Trump. The super PAC has already targeted several key Senate races, including Texas, and has spent roughly $290 million to support Trump and the GOP during the 2024 cycle.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s super PAC did not give Paxton any money this week, instead sending more than $3 million each to Ohio and Michigan. Despite the criticism from Republicans for not spending enough on Paxton, Trump’s super PAC is now actively supporting him, with the president himself pledging to campaign and spend money in the race.
‘Together we will win for Texas and America,’ Trump said, emphasizing his commitment to the Republican nominee. The spending is expected to intensify in the coming weeks as the race remains closely contested.
What's confirmed
- Most of the spend in Texas was dated Aug. 20, days before a wave of other outside GOP groups began hitting the airwaves with TV ads attacking Talarico.
- All of it was earmarked for “printing” — typically things like mailers, signs and flyers — with the nearly-quarter million dollars in Texas accounting for the most of any race.
- The missives accuse Talarico of “running from his radical past” and masquerading as a moderate “to trick Texas voters into electing him.” Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, reportedly authorized his PAC last November to spend more than $100 million this cycle.
What's still developing
- Elon Musk ’s super PAC disclosed its first independent expenditures of the 2026 general election in a filing released late Wednesday, detailing roughly $800,000 across key House and Senate races.
- Musk spent roughly $290 million to support Trump and the GOP during the 2024 cycle, predominantly through his super PAC, making him the largest individual donor to any political committee that cycle, before he took on a major role in the White House’s DOGE effort.
- James Talarico are locked in a tight race in which polls continually show the two candidates neck and neck.
- The group is spending $10 million on TV and digital ads in the race, with the filing suggesting that MAGA Inc. will launch ads targeting state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in the Lone Star State.
- “The president said he’s going to campaign and he’s going to spend money,” a GOP operative involved in midterm campaigns told NBC News.
- “We’re going to go to Texas and work for Ken Paxton, who’s a great guy,” the president told reporters.
- The group began rolling out national TV ads highlighting Trump’s agenda earlier this week.
- The Saturday filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) represents the first major spend in a general election by MAGA, Inc, a super PAC named for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.