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Who funds Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.?

Texas U.S. SenateRepublicanFiled as challengerFEC S6TX00388
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The money.

Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.FEC filing: Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. · S6TX00388 ↗
Raised
$21M
Spent
$18M
Cash on hand
$4.8M
  • Individuals 98% $21M
  • PACs & other committees 2% $392K
  • Party committees 0.3% $62K
  • Other receipts 0.1% $22K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $854K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $1.4M supporting · $27M opposing ($269K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. LONE STAR LIBERTY PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $770K
  2. FELLOWSHIP PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $500K
  3. SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $80K
  4. SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $48K
  5. CLUB FOR GROWTH PACMembership group PAC · Club For GrowthSpent mainly in primaries $16K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITYSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $25M
  2. TEXANS DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITYSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.9M
  3. LONE STAR RISING PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $91K
  4. PAFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $26K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NRSCRepublican party committee $62K
  2. SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $10K
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PACMembership group PAC · The National Association For Gun Rights $10K
  4. U.S. ANESTHESIA PARTNERS, INC. PAC D/B/A/ USAP PACCorporate PAC · U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. $10K
  5. BEST AT BRINGING ENTREPRENEURIAL RESULTS NEVER IMAGINED OR ENVISIONED PACLeadership PAC of Bernie Moreno $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $21M from individuals

29% in small-dollar gifts

$6.1M of $21M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $7.1M of the $15M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

82% from Texas · 18% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $32K had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

29% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Texas $5.8M
  2. Florida $153K
  3. California $111K
  4. Utah $99K
  5. Pennsylvania $64K
  6. Arizona $56K
  7. New York $56K
  8. Nevada $54K

Top employers named by donors

  1. RYAN LLC $141K
  2. REPUBLIC AMUSEMENTS $49K
  3. DISCOVERY OPERATING INC $28K
  4. NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT $28K
  5. PACE-O-MATIC $25K
  6. RYAN $11K
  7. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES $3,126
  8. LOCKHEED MARTIN $3,002
  9. STATE OF TEXAS $2,691
  10. AMERICAN AIRLINES $1,747

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $3.8M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $3.1M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 8, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (15,789 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $96M for / $101M against · $23M in the final two weeks

That is $168M more than the $28M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$68M of the $196M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 5% $8.9M
  • Digital ads 18% $35M
  • Ads, medium not stated 65% $128M
  • Mail, print & signs 8% $16M
  • Phones & texts 3% $5.5M
  • Ad production 1% $2.0M
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $70K

Largest late spenders for

  1. TEXAS PAC $70M
  2. MAGA INC. $7.5M
  3. AMERICA PAC $5.9M
  4. LONE STAR LIBERTY PAC $4.4M
  5. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $2.8M

Largest late spenders against

  1. LONE STAR RISING PAC $31M
  2. TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY $25M
  3. TEXAS FOREVER $19M
  4. LOWER COSTS NOW $12M
  5. LCV VICTORY FUND $3.0M

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (617 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $7.4M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $7.4M of the $18M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 54% $4.0M
  • Consultants & strategy 3% $255K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 37% $2.8M
  • Polling, research & data 2% $155K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.6% $48K
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $102K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $105K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $5,000

Largest payees

  1. AXMEDIA $2.5M
  2. ROCKWELL SOLUTIONS $876K
  3. AXCAPITAL LLC $793K
  4. WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC $740K
  5. SOLUTIONS FOR TEXAS IN FUNDRAISING LLC $601K

Paid to individuals: $37K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Apr 10, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (951 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.