The Silks
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Who's ahead, who's paying, what could flip
Who's ahead, who's paying, what could flip
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Donors · 2026
In racing, silks are the colors registered to a horse's owner: how the crowd knows whose horse it is. Here: whose money each 2026 Senate and House candidate runs on, whether it came straight to the campaign, through super PACs or through the party, and how much of it traces to a name at all.
Updated
Click any mark to see exactly where its number comes from. ★ = incumbent.
$513M has been spent for the two of them: campaign spending, outside money for one or against the other, and party coordinated spending. 67% of it traces to a named person or organization.
37%
of James Talarico's $199M traces to a name
Owners 19% · syndicates 18%
86%
of Ken Paxton's $315M traces to a name
Owners 55% · syndicates 31%
13% · 49%
from each side's five largest donors
Reid Hoffman · Elon Musk lead
14
donors with $10K+ reaching both candidates
National Association Of Realtors, Thomas J Henry Law Pllc
94% · 59%
of named money comes from outside TX
James Talarico · Ken Paxton, by donors' filing address
Each bar is one candidate's money, split by how far it can be traced. Click any part for the arithmetic and the filings behind it.
Owners: named people
Syndicates: named organizations
The grandstand: smaller donors (estimated)
The stable: party coordinated money (not traced)
No colors on file: money we can't trace
$199M
$315M
The largest named donors on each side (the rest grouped), the route their money took into the race, and the candidate it helped. Link color is the candidate helped; hover a node to isolate it, click it for its sources.
Helps James Talarico
Helps Ken Paxton
A route can carry more than it spent where named and estimated money overshoots its spending (see “Over 100%” below the bars).
3,811 named donors have money reaching this side; the 12 largest are listed. The other 3,799: $22.8M from owners, $15.7M from syndicates.
3,144 named donors have money reaching this side; the 12 largest are listed. The other 3,132: $54.1M from owners, $39.4M from syndicates.
Each route's spending for one candidate, and how much of it traces to owners and syndicates.