The Republican nominee, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton<\/a>, meanwhile, raised $640,000 out of the roughly $850,000 he brought in during that period from within Texas.<\/p>\n The fundraising disparity underscores the nationalization of Texas\u2019 Senate race, with Talarico drawing major financial support from Democratic donors and executives far beyond the state he seeks to represent, even as he campaigns on Texas roots and opposition to outside special interests.\u00a0<\/p>\n VULNERABLE DEM SENATOR\u2019S \u2018GRASSROOTS\u2019 CAMPAIGN POWERED BY OUT-OF-STATE CASH, MOSTLY BY COASTAL ELITES<\/a><\/p>\n The haul gives Democrats a cash advantage in what is shaping up to be one of the most competitive Senate races this cycle, while giving Republicans an opening to cast Talarico\u2019s campaign as powered by coastal liberal donors rather than Texas voters.<\/p>\n Donors from New York and California<\/a>, for instance, showered Talarico with more than $1.3 million in the final six weeks of the first quarter, according to Federal Election Commission records.<\/p>\n Texas Senate candidate James Talarico urged voters to reduce meat consumption in a 2022 clip that went viral on Tuesday. (Mark Felix\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Talarico has made an effort to highlight his ties to Texas during his Senate campaign, touting the fact that his family has lived in the state for eight generations and criticizing the influence of out-of-state interests on Texans.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I\u2019ve led the fight against the billionaire mega-donors<\/a> that have rigged the system against working Texas families,” Talarico\u2019s campaign website reads. “Now, as those same billionaire mega-donors take over the federal government, we need more fighters in Washington who will take power back for working people.”<\/p>\n Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico addresses supporters at a rally in Houston. (F. Carter Smith\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n ACTBLUE SUES TEXAS AG KEN PAXTON, ALLEGING POLITICAL RETALIATION OVER DEMOCRATS’ FUNDRAISING<\/a><\/p>\n “James is proud to be the only candidate in this race not taking a dime of corporate PAC money, shattering grassroots fundraising records with donations from 246 Texas counties and the help of over 540,000 small dollar contributors \u2014 unlike John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, who have raked in millions of dollars from special interests and enriched their billionaire donors while working Texans struggle,” campaign spokesman JT Ennis told Fox News Digital when asked about out-of-state donations.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Our campaign is bringing Democrats, Republicans and Independents together to fix this broken, corrupt political system and bring down costs for families across our state.”<\/p>\n Talarico accepted donations from out-of-state executives at Google<\/a>, Warner Brothers, Apple, Meta, Victoria\u2019s Secret and other major companies between Feb. 12 and March 31, according to FEC records. The Democratic Senate hopeful has also accepted donations from lobbyists representing major corporations such as Google, Airbnb, Boeing, Novo Nordisk, Comcast, CVS and JP Morgan.<\/p>\n While Talarico has attracted considerable support from outside Texas, his fundraising operation within the state has also eclipsed that of Paxton, who raised less than one-fifth as much from Texans as his Democratic opponent. Paxton, however, fought a brutal primary against Sen. John Cornyn, splitting the GOP donor base.<\/p>\n![\"Texas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/talarico-texas.jpg\")
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