# Talarico outraising Paxton

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In early October 2026, fundraising figures showed James Talarico raising more money out of Highland Park than Ken Paxton, with Republicans adding $50 million to the Texas Senate race. Third-quarter totals put Talarico at $64 million, the most any Senate candidate has raised, against Paxton's $18 million. Republicans outspent Democrats by 25 percent in September but ran only about 9 percent more ads. The most-aired ad by dollars this year is a Texas attack on Talarico over transgender care. Whether a protest vote against Paxton among Cornyn-style suburban Republicans could hand Talarico a six-year term remains contested.

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## Segments

- [Ruthless Podcast](https://boilpoints.com/u/ruthlesspodcast), 2026-10-02, 12:38 to 15:32: **Reports Talarico outraising Paxton in Highland Park**. Turns to the money: Talarico is outraising Paxton in Highland Park, and Republicans have added $50 million to the Texas race. The hosts frame it as a warning to suburban Republicans weighing a protest vote. New angle: Talarico is raising more money out of Highland Park than Paxton, and Republicans added $50 million to the Texas race.
- [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-16, 6:29 to 7:58: **Reports Talarico's $64 million quarter**. Goes to the third-quarter filings: Talarico's $64 million is the largest quarterly haul any Senate candidate has recorded, against $18 million for Paxton, with Paxton on Fox News attributing the gap to out-of-state money. New angle: Talarico raised $64 million in the third quarter, the most any Senate candidate has raised, to Paxton's $18 million.
- [Pod Save America](https://boilpoints.com/u/podsaveamerica), 2026-10-16, 13:24 to 15:03: **Explains the money edge behind Talarico's haul**. Puts Talarico's haul at $65 million and uses it to explain the mechanics of the Democratic money edge: hard money buys candidates the lowest unit rate, so Republicans outspent Democrats by 25 percent in September while running only about 9 percent more ads. New angle: Republicans outspent Democrats by 25 percent in September but ran only about 9 percent more ads.
- [The Fox News Rundown](https://boilpoints.com/u/thefoxnewsrundown), 2026-10-19, 3:01 to 6:23: **Recaps the fundraising hauls and cautions on records**. Kraushaar sizes the Democratic wave and runs through the quarter's fundraising hauls - Talarico over $60 million, Jackson in Maine, El-Sayed in Michigan - then cautions that O'Rourke and Harrison set records and lost. A recap of numbers already on the record.
- [The Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedaily), 2026-10-26, 5:04 to 9:51: **Adds the drug-money ad against Hinson**. Walks through the Democratic ad story: Trump, inflation and corruption tied to cost of living. Uses Talarico's grocery-store spot and an anti-Hinson drug-price ad as examples, and notes the anti-Hinson ad cites $160,000 from drug companies. New angle: An anti-Ashley Hinson ad says she took over $160,000 from drug companies and voted to raise prices.
- [The Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedaily), 2026-10-26, 23:53 to 26:11: **Names the most-aired ad by dollars**. Turns to the Republican side of the ad war and names the single most-aired spot of the cycle by dollars: a Texas attack on Talarico over transgender care, built around a mother of five. New angle: The most-aired ad by dollars this year is a Texas attack on Talarico over transgender care.