Texas Senate
Rank 1
$380Moutside money · Oct 25
Ken PaxtonR$299.5M
James TalaricoD$80.2M
The Money
Follow the Money
Six super PAC networks spent $802M in this year's four costliest Senate races, 69% of all outside money.
Since 2008
Outside Money Keeps Climbing
Every outside group, every election, from FEC filings.
Growth, 2008 to 2024
13×
$334M in 2008 › $4.3B in 2024 · $4.1B so far this year
The Supreme Court decided Citizens United in January 2010. Since then, every four years has outspent the four before. This midterm is already close to 2024's record.10
- 2008: $334M
- 2010: $294M
- 2012: $1.04B
- 2014: $577M
- 2016: $1.42B
- 2018: $1.09B
- 2020: $2.81B
- 2022: $2.00B
- 2024: $4.30B
- 2026 so far: $4.06B
Where It Goes
Six Groups, Four Races
$802M from six networks, 69%
$368M from everyone else
| Network | TexasTX | OhioOH | MichiganMI | IowaIA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Leadership FundSLFRSenate Republicans' super PAC; Elon Musk is its top donor. Texas is the $158M it gave Texas PAC. | $158M | $80M | $47M | $42M | $328M |
| Senate Majority PACSMPDSenate Democrats' super PAC, through WinSenate, Duty and Country, Defend the Vote and Texas Forever. | $19M | $85M | $51M | $36M | $192M |
| MAGA Inc.MAGARDonald Trump's super PAC, plus No Going Back PAC, which it funds. | $43M | $28M | $36M | $1.5M | $108M |
| Crypto industryCryptoRDefend American Jobs (funded by Fairshake) and Digital Freedom Fund (Winklevoss Capital). | $0.2M | $63M | None | $0.6M | $64M |
| America PACMuskRElon Musk's own super PAC, on top of what he gives SLF. | $34M | $9.5M | $9.2M | $3.1M | $55M |
| Americans for Prosperity ActionKochRThe Koch network's super PAC, funded by Koch Inc. and Stand Together. | None | $21M | $21M | $13M | $55M |
| Six networks | $255M | $287M | $164M | $96M | $802M |
| Everyone else | $125M | $69M | $99M | $75M | $368M |
| All outside money | $380M | $356M | $263M | $172M | $1.17B |
One Lobby
97% of Congress Took Pro-Israel PAC Money
97%518 of 535 members of Congress
WhoFundsMyRep reads public FEC filings and finds AIPAC or pro-Israel PAC money on record for 518 members: 99 senators and 419 representatives, from both parties.2
Every Race
The Six Most Bought Races
Ohio Senate
Rank 2
$356Moutside money · Oct 24
Jon HustedR$232.5M
Sherrod BrownD$123.1M
Michigan Senate
Rank 3
$263Moutside money · Oct 31
Mike RogersR$169.4M
Abdul El-SayedD$93.6M
Iowa Senate
Rank 4
$172Moutside money · Oct 29
Ashley HinsonR$84.5M
Josh TurekD$87.2M
Maine Senate
Rank 5
$109Moutside money · Oct 23
Susan CollinsR$67.7M
Troy JacksonD$40.9M
Alaska Senate
Rank 6
$87Moutside money · Oct 29
Dan SullivanR$42.2M
Mary PeltolaD$44.7M
Sources
Every Number, Sourced
- 1Votelog, Senate general-election outside money, Oct 23 to 31, 2026
- 2WhoFundsMyRep, pro-Israel PAC money by member, from FEC filings
- 3Track AIPAC, Congress
- 4Sludge, what AIPAC has given every member this cycle, Aug 22, 2026
- 5Votelog, Texas Senate outside money, Oct 25, 2026
- 6Votelog, Ohio Senate outside money, Oct 24, 2026
- 7Votelog, Michigan Senate outside money, Oct 31, 2026
- 8Votelog, Iowa Senate outside money, Oct 29, 2026
- 9AIPAC, Policy and Politics memo, Nov 7, 2024
- 10FEC filings, outside spending by cycle, all groups except parties and candidates, totaled by us through Nov 1, 2026 (our math)