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2026-09-20 08:16:10
[Trump's Super PAC Invests Another $5 Million in Texas: MAGA Inc. Spends Another $5 Million, Advertising War Heats Up] (1) According to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing released Saturday, President Trump's super political action committee, MAGA Inc., has added another $5 million to its Texas Senate campaign, earmarked for political media company Del Ray Media LLC to run television and digital ads targeting Democratic candidate and state assemblyman James Tallariko. (2) This is the super political action committee's latest investment in the expensive advertising war between Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Tallariko, who are vying for the Senate seat of Republican Senator John Cornyn; earlier this month, FEC filings showed that the agency had provided Del Ray Media with $10 million to fund two attack ads targeting Tallariko. (3) According to FEC documents, Paxton's campaign also received nearly $54 million from the Texas branch of the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), which is allied with Republicans; however, as of the end of June, Paxton was significantly behind Talarico in fundraising—Talarico's campaign reported about $21.5 million in cash on hand, while Paxton had only about $1.76 million available. (4) With less than seven weeks until the November election, the two candidates are neck and neck in the polls: a The Hill/Emerson College poll released Thursday showed Talarico leading by one percentage point; the nonpartisan election forecasting organization Cook Political Report rated the race "unpredictable." (5) As Republicans seek to maintain control of both houses of Congress this fall, pressure has been put on the president to use his massive campaign funds for the midterm elections; Trump has pledged to spend $400 million to $500 million in the midterm elections, with the remainder of super PAC funds reserved for the 2028 presidential election cycle. (6) The president said MAGA Inc. had “nearly $1 billion” in cash on hand, but the super PAC reported $403.45 million in a filing with the FEC at the end of July.
