Ken Paxton
- Republican · On the Nov 3 ballot for US Senate, Texas
- Background
- State legislator · Attorney
- Raised
- $22.3M
- Cash on hand
- $4.8M
- Age
- 63
What changed
Now
US Senate, Texas
- Newest poll
- Talarico 52.1, Paxton 47.9 · ActiVote, Oct 28, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 8:30 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
On the 2026 ballot for US Senate TX, status certified.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $17.5M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$21.0M
- PACs and other committees$392K
- Party committees$62K
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$854K
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
69 committees reported giving $387K.
- NRSCParty committee$62,000
- Senate Conservatives FundPAC$10,000
- National Association for Gun Rights Inc PACPAC$10,000
- U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. PAC D/B/A/ Usap PACPAC$10,000
- Best at Bringing Entrepreneurial Results Never Imagined Or Envisioned PACLeadership PAC$10,000
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- American Optometric Association PACPAC$5,000
- People PAC (Paccar Inc Employees Organized for Political Leadership and Education PAC)PAC$5,000
- Chevron Employees PAC - Chevron CorporationPAC$5,000
- Halliburton Company PACPAC$5,000
- The Williams Companies, Inc. PACPAC$5,000
- Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. PAC (AAPS-PAC)PAC$5,000
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory FundPAC$5,000
- Altria Group, Inc. PAC (ALTRIAPAC)PAC$5,000
- Elect - the PAC of the Alabama Farmers FederationPAC$5,000
- National Federation of Independent Business Federal PACPAC$5,000
- Valero Energy Corporation PACPAC$5,000
- Exxon Mobil Corporation PAC (Exxonmobil PAC)PAC$5,000
- Safari Club International PAC (SCI-PAC)PAC$5,000
- Textron Inc. PACPAC$5,000
- Cpac Action PACPAC$5,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $22,327,474. Cash on hand $4,784,408. Spent $17,543,066. Debts owed $0. Individuals $20,997,955. PACs and other committees $392,150. Party committees $62,000. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $853,633. Main committee: Ken Paxton for Senate. No individual donor names are shown.
More about Ken Paxton
Background
- State legislator
- Attorney
Sources: Campaign site, Wikidata
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (5 sources)
Ballot listing, sos.state.tx.us
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Aug 28, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
- Age: Wikidata, counted to Nov 3, 2026. A community-edited source, not an official record. We show the age, never the birth date.
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Ken Paxton: an ideology score.
DataSources: FEC, Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits