General Election
U.S. Senate · Texas
Open Senate seat after incumbent loses party runoff
Paxton defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the Republican runoff, and Talarico won the Democratic primary. Brown is the Libertarian nominee; four certified write-ins also qualify, while September registered- and likely-voter polls showed Talarico leading Paxton by one to six points.
Raised & cash on hand
Cycle-to-date · Federal Election Commission (FEC) — figures change as new reports are filed.
Talarico
Paxton
Brown
Simmons
AyersBar = raised this cycle · the tick marks how much is still on hand.
Who's funding them
Top employers of each campaign's donors (individual donations grouped by the employer each donor reported), from Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.
Talarico
Paxton
BrownOutside money
Super-PAC spending independent of the campaigns, shown for and against each candidate.
Against: LONE STAR RISING PAC ()
For: TEXAS PAC () · MAGA INC. ()
Against: TEXAS PAC () · MAGA INC. ()
FEC candidate records were matched to the authoritative roster on Senate office, Texas state, and 2026 cycle, then exact principal committees were confirmed before reading Form 3 reports. The latest retrieved complete principal-committee reports for Brown, Paxton, Simmons and Talarico cover periods ending 2026-06-30; Ayers's latest retrieved report covers 2025-10-31. Hall (candidate S6TX00636, committee C00954123) and Mohamed (candidate S6TX00651, committee C00959197) matched 2026 Texas Senate principal committees but returned no 2026 report rows, so no fundraising values are asserted. Simmons's duplicate candidate ID S6TX00503 returned no committee or totals; the values shown use S6TX00495/C00923201. Brown's underlying Form 3 cycle-to-date value is $21,453.52, while the FEC candidate-summary page/API displays $7,459.52; the filing value is used. Talarico's Form 3 reports $68,555,930.42 cycle-to-date, while the candidate-summary page/API displays $68,560,930.42; the filing value is used. Paxton also has a separate authorized nominee-fund committee C00930446; the Paxton figures shown are from principal committee C00901918 only. Employer groups are self-reported employer fields aggregated from individual contributions, not corporate donations. Schedule E entries are individual general-election records with support/oppose indicators read from the underlying filings; no PAC backer is asserted without separate primary evidence.
Sources: TEXAS PAC () · TEXAS PAC () · MAGA INC. () · MAGA INC. () · LONE STAR RISING PAC ()