MAGA, Inc., the super PAC linked to President Donald Trump, has made its first major midterm buy with $10 million in ad spending to support Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his Senate race, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.
Paxton and Democrat state Rep. are locked in a tight race in which polls continually show the two candidates neck and neck.
The $10 million will go toward ads across the state.
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Trumps endorsement earlier this year already helped Paxton beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary.
“While James Talarico has a record of raising taxes on working families, my Protecting the Texas Promise Agenda cuts costs and makes life more affordable. Thank you, President @realDonaldTrump, for your support,” Paxton wrote on X on Saturday while sharing a post about the ad buy. “Together we will win for Texas and America.”
The decision comes after weeks of speculation over whether the super PAC would put money into the hotly contested race.
Talaricos campaign also responded to the move, telling Fox News Digital, “Billionaire-backed dark money groups are lying about James Talarico because theyre scared of the people-powered movement were building to fix this broken, corrupt political system.”
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Talarico, who has called for higher taxes on the wealthy, called out billionaires heading to the Republican midterm convention starting Wednesday.
“Next week, billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians will gather at a convention in Dallas to clink champagne glasses and toast their own corruption,” he said.Â
“Theyre paying $20,000 for entry to a Billionaire Ball celebrating corrupt tariffs, billionaire tax breaks, and a new forever war that are all driving grocery costs through the roof. Well be doing something different. Were bringing Republicans, Democrats and independents together to collect groceries for our neighbors who have been screwed over by corrupt politicians.”
Calling him “High Tax Talarico,” MAGA Inc. spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer told Fox News Digital the Democrat “wants to take money out of Texans’ pockets. MAGA Inc. is going to ensure Texas knows about Talarico’s radical policies and elects Ken Paxton to the U.S. Senate.”
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Talaricos campaign has raised $72 million since the campaign began, mostly from small donors, compared to $16.8 million by Paxtons campaign, according to the Texas Tribune.
The two anti-Talarico ads slam his policies on taxes and rural hospitals while touting Paxtons support for doubling the child
