{"id":367,"date":"2026-05-28T05:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2026-05-28T05:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:39:22","slug":"republicans-brace-for-money-problems-in-texas-after-ken-paxtons-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"Republicans brace for money problems in Texas after Ken Paxton\u2019s win"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump may be celebrating that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won Tuesday\u2019s Senate primary, but some Republicans now worry that they have a Texas-sized problem on their hands. <\/p>

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Paxton, with Trump\u2019s 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. <\/p>

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\u201cEconomically, it\u2019s a disaster. Texas is extremely expensive,\u201d said a GOP consultant working on Senate races, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about party resources. <\/p>

So far, Paxton\u2019s fundraising has paled in comparison with that of the Democratic nominee, state Rep. James Talarico, who has raised more than $40 million \u2014 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\u2019s win, according to Talarico\u2019s campaign. The haul was first reported by Politico. <\/p>

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. <\/p>

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. <\/p>

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And Texas is an expensive state; with its roughly 20 media markets, statewide ads can cost several million dollars to air per week. <\/p>

The consultant said Cornyn had many deep-pocketed donors, but they might not be as willing to support Paxton, who was impeached in 2023 on bribery and corruption charges and ultimately acquitted. <\/p>

George Seay, one of Cornyn\u2019s longtime friends and donors, declined to comment when NBC News asked him whether he would also donate to boost Paxton. But he said that Paxton as the nominee meant the state was now \u201cdefinitely in play\u201d and a tougher climb for Republicans to win. <\/p>

\u201cIs Paxton going to raise a lot of money? Probably not,\u201d Seay said, though he said that wasn\u2019t necessarily a death knell.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m very unconvinced, whether you got $20 million to spend or $200 million to spend, whether money is that impactful in politics these days. I think most people aren\u2019t paying attention,\u201d Seay said.<\/p>

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The effort to boost Paxton is still taking shape, with all eyes on MAGA Inc., the super PAC aligned with Trump. The group, which declined to comment on its plans for Texas, has plenty of money to spend, with more than $350 million in its account as of April 30. The conservative Club for Growth also endorsed Paxton on Tuesday night. <\/p>

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