Texas Senate election

Spending by cryptocurrency-focused PACs

General electionUpcoming on November 3, 2026

James Talarico (D)	No cryptocurrency-focused PACs have made expenditures pertaining to this specific race.
Ken Paxton (R)

Republican primary runoffHeld on May 26, 2026

	Support	Oppose
Ken Paxton (R)	$500,000	–
John Cornyn (R, incumbent)	–	–

Republican primaryHeld on March 3, 2026

John Cornyn (R, incumbent)	No cryptocurrency-focused PACs made expenditures pertaining to this specific race.
Ken Paxton (R)
Wesley Hunt (R)

Democratic primaryHeld on March 3, 2026

James Talarico (D)	No cryptocurrency-focused PACs made expenditures pertaining to this specific race.
Jasmine Crockett (D)

Money involved in this election

Outside spending bars show money already spent by super PACs. Hatching shows industry contributions to super PACs regardless of whether the super PAC has deployed the funds. Because super PACs can hold unspent cash, the hatched amount may exceed outside spending to date.

Spending by crypto-focused committees

Fellowship PACTotal spending $500,000

to support Ken Paxton in the primary runoff$500,000

Other spending from the industry

Cryptocurrency-related companies and individuals associated with the industry have also supported candidates in this race more directly without going through industry-focused PACs. Direct contributions are not tied to a specific sub-race.

James Talarico (D)

$505,500 total from four cryptocurrency companies and associated people

By contributor

Ripple Labs

99%

Ripple Labs$500,000

Christian Larsen (CEO)$500,000.00 via Lone Star Rising PAC

Intercontinental Exchange$3,000

Matthew Avery-Young (Director of Software Engineering)$3,000.00

Uniswap Labs$1,500

Brian Nistler (Head of Policy)$1,500.00

Jump Trading$1,000

Clayton Harper (Director)$1,000.00

Wesley Hunt (R)

$22,000 total from one cryptocurrency company and associated people

By contributor

Distributed Capital Partners

100%

Distributed Capital Partners$22,000

Joseph Quintilian (Venture Capital)$22,000.00 via Wesley Hunt Victory Fund

John Cornyn (R)

$14,567 total from two cryptocurrency companies and associated people

By contributor

Khosla Ventures

76%

Galaxy Digital

24%

Khosla Ventures$11,067

Keith Rabois (Partner)$11,066.66 via Republican Party of Texas

Galaxy Digital$3,500

Galaxy Digital Services II LLC Political Action Committee (G$3,500.00

Other support to a candidate may exceed the amounts shown in the “Money involved in this election” chart if funds have been contributed to a super PAC aligned with a candidate, but the PAC has not yet spent the funds.

No cryptocurrency-focused PACs have run any known ads related to this election.

These are mostly tracked by hand, and so some advertisements may be missing. Have you seen a cryptocurrency PAC-funded advertisement pertaining to this election? Send it in!

Texas Senate election

General electionUpcoming on November 3, 2026

Republican primary runoffHeld on May 26, 2026

Republican primaryHeld on March 3, 2026

Democratic primaryHeld on March 3, 2026

Money involved in this election

Spending by crypto-focused committees

Other spending from the industry

James Talarico (D)

Wesley Hunt (R)

John Cornyn (R)

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General electionUpcoming on November 3, 2026

Republican primary runoffHeld on May 26, 2026

Republican primaryHeld on March 3, 2026

Democratic primaryHeld on March 3, 2026

James Talarico (D)

Wesley Hunt (R)

John Cornyn (R)