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Sponsored legislation: issue areas366 measures
Armed Forces and National Security60 · 16%
S. 5334↗ A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lubbock, Texas, as the "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic". BILLSTATUS ↗
S. 4766↗ A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to evaluate the safety, quality, and qualification pathways of printable energetic feedstocks for controlled additive manufacturing applications. BILLSTATUS ↗
S. 4768↗ A bill to provide for a requirement for networked autonomous kinetic capability against small unmanned aircraft systems. BILLSTATUS ↗
S.Res. 843↗ A resolution expressing support for the designation of the first week of August 2026, as "National Community Health Center Week", encouraging all people of the United States to participate by visiting their local community health center, and celebrating the important partnership between community health centers and the communities they serve. BILLSTATUS ↗
S.Res. 706↗ A resolution expressing support for the designation of April 2026 as "National Child Abuse Prevention Month", and the goals and ideals of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. BILLSTATUS ↗
The CRS policy areas of Cornyn’s 366 substantive sponsored measures, Congresses 117, 118, 119; the figure is how many fall in each. Sponsorship indicates legislative focus, not every policy position.GovInfo source ↗
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$8.6M
$8,608,610
Spent
$12.2M
$12,234,800
Cash on hand
$496.1K
$496,092
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00369033 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
$1.42 has been spent for every dollar raised across 10 reports ($12.2M of $8.6M). Cash on hand went from $5.6M on Mar 31, 2025 to $496.1K on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$2.5M$5M$7.5M
Mar ’25
Sep ’25
Feb ’26
May ’26
Sep ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025
$1,585,752
$120,579
$5,587,455
JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025
$803,952
$484,053
$5,907,354
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$910,131
$803,000
$6,014,485
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$1,073,621
$1,226,299
$5,861,807
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Feb 11, 2026
$1,124,663
$2,013,652
$4,972,818
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$1,736,371
$1,787,107
$4,922,081
PRE-RUN-OFF 2026 through May 6, 2026
$682,939
$1,526,939
$4,078,081
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$686,805
$4,222,766
$542,120
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$3,735
$49,885
$495,970
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$641
$519
$496,092
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $8,608,610 reported receipts
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$3,532,47941%
Largest donors
Douglas Bradley ChildersOne contribution on Apr 16, 2026 · MANAGER · ARCHROCK · HOUSTON, TX$25,000
Douglas Bradley ChildersOne contribution on Apr 21, 2026 · HOUSTON, TX$18,000
Hans Bergstrom2 contributions, latest May 19, 2025 · RETIRED · BOCA RATON, FL$14,000
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 6,432 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $4.6M.
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$2,795,03732%
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The 12 largest sources by total given are listed. In all, 82 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $3M.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$1,479,73217%
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 826 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $2.1M. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$367,0544.3%
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$223,7132.6%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$148,5951.7%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$62,0000.7%
Party committees that gave
NRSC1 receipt, latest Aug 27, 2025 · Party committee (qualified)$62,000
Total reported receipts $8,608,610
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $4,639,799 placed by state
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under $93.4K
$93.4K+
$373.5K+
$840.3K+
$1.5M+
none
Outlined: Texas, home state
Home state and away
Texas 50%TX 50%Elsewhere 50%
50% of the money placed by state came from inside Texas: $2.3M of $4.6M.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Texas home3,804 contributions · 50%
$2,334,094
New York205 contributions · 8.9%
$410,907
Florida357 contributions · 8.8%
$407,524
California349 contributions · 5.7%
$262,349
Virginia190 contributions · 3.7%
$173,130
Illinois80 contributions · 2.6%
$118,770
Colorado53 contributions · 2.4%
$110,686
Georgia156 contributions · 1.7%
$77,451
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 51 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 2,977 contributions · 36% of ranked
$911,764
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 596 contributions · 13% of ranked
$334,021
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 29 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$54,560
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 21 contributions · 2.1% of ranked
$52,000
Apollo12 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$28,184
Fidelity Investments18 contributions · 1% of ranked
$25,100
Archrock1 contribution · 1% of ranked
$25,000
Lion Street9 contributions · 0.7% of ranked
$16,712
A further $1,129,810 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($223,713) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Outside spending $252,548,910 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$241,488,242 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Cornyn’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Cornynunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
What the payments were for $10,476,207 itemized
The campaign also refunded $1,851,688 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$2,802,42427%
Filed as
DIGITAL CONSULTING/DIGITAL ADS$769,470
DIGITAL ADS$677,879
MEDIA$573,219
DIGITAL ADS/DIGITAL CONSULTING/TRAVEL$350,746
DIGITAL CONSULTING/TRAVEL/DIGITAL ADS$244,304
DIGITAL ADS/MEDIA PRODUCTION$68,000
MEDIA PRODUCTION$50,504
DIGITAL ADS/DIGITAL CONSULTING$27,056
RESEARCH AND DIGITAL CONSULTING/MEDIA PRODUCTION$23,000
MEDIA/TRAVEL$13,389
AD PRINTING$4,557
ADS$300
Paid to
Harris Media LLC$1,801,941
FP1 Strategies LLC$512,495
GEN2 Solutions LLC$473,345
TEXASINSIDER.ORG$5,997
SR3 Creative$3,789
TFRW Convention 2025 PAC$2,500
TransfersMoney moved to an affiliated or authorised committee.$2,341,38822%
Filed as
TRANSFER TO AFFILIATED COMMITTEE$2,341,388
Paid to
Cornyn Lonestar Victory Fund$1,725,000
Cornyn Victory Committee$506,060
Hold the Senate$74,178
One Team Senate Majority$36,150
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$1,466,96614%
Filed as
PRINTING/POSTAGE$1,096,797
POSTAGE/PRINTING$323,935
PRINTING$26,123
POSTAGE$11,451
PRINTING AND POSTAGE$8,661
Paid to
FP1 Strategies LLC$1,248,829
Direct Response Strategies$203,282
Thomas Graphics$11,284
Mesquite Creek Outfitters$1,840
Usps$634
Summa Insights$410
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$1,056,54310%
Filed as
POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING$252,821
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING/TRAVEL$201,451
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$192,604
LEGAL CONSULTING$190,523
POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING/TRAVEL$63,477
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$49,047
DIGITAL CONSULTING$42,721
DIGITAL CONSULTING/TRAVEL$33,339
POLTICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING$15,512
POLITICAL STRATEGY/DIGITAL CONSULTING$13,000
ACCOUNTING CONSULTING$2,047
Paid to
Potomac Strategy Group LLC$238,066
Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC$185,134
FP1 Strategies LLC$121,512
The Steer Agency$106,341
JRW Strategies LLC Inc$90,000
Hemming, Andrew$70,000
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$786,4957.5%
Filed as
POLITICAL TEXTS/MESSAGE FUNDRAISING$391,334
FINANCE CONSULTING$219,994
FINANCE CONSULTING/TRAVEL$96,421
LIST RENTAL$38,815
FINANCE CONSULTING/CATERING$10,410
EVENT TICKETS/BOOTH SPACE$7,500
CATERING$6,511
TRAVEL/DELIVERY/CATERING$6,313
FACILITY RENTAL/CATERING$5,519
TRAVEL/FACILITY RENTAL/CATERING$2,631
TRAVEL/DELIVERY/SUBSCRIPTIONS/CATERING$738
EVENT TICKETS/TRAVEL$310
Paid to
Battleground Connect$391,334
Maianne Sahl Co. LLC$154,107
Aristeia Group Inc.$130,256
FP1 Strategies LLC$38,815
Aristeia Group$34,233
Maybell Group LLC$10,410
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$521,0415%
Filed as
SURVEY RESEARCH$431,450
DIGITAL AND RESEARCH CONSULTING$38,191
DIGITAL CONSULTING/RESEARCH CONSULTING$30,000
RESEARCH AND DIGITAL CONSULTING$13,000
RESEARCH CONSULTING$8,400
Paid to
Fabrizio Lee$431,450
FP1 Strategies LLC$81,191
Robert Gardner and Associates LLC$8,400
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$475,2804.5%
Filed as
PAYROLL$395,529
SALARY$72,652
PAYROLL SVC$7,100
Paid to
Hemming, Andrew$263,524
Whatley, Kyle$97,004
Brandewie, Drew$35,938
Wiltshire, Matt$35,000
James, David$30,000
Insperity$7,100
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$176,1551.7%
Filed as
POLITICAL TEXTS$117,077
DATABASE MANAGEMENT$56,565
SUBSCRIPTION$2,000
SUBSCRIPTIONS$512
Paid to
Battleground Connect$117,077
Cmdi$56,565
Campaign Sidekick$2,000
Adobe$512
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$165,3141.6%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION REFUND TO COMMITTEE$165,314
Paid to
Phillips 66 PAC$5,000
Pricewaterhousecoopers PAC I$5,000
Border Health Federal PAC$5,000
Cadence Bank NA PAC$5,000
Conocophillips Spirit PAC$5,000
Capital One Financial Corp. Assoc. Political Fund$5,000
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$162,8261.6%
Filed as
DIGITAL EXPENSES$102,055
AIR CHARTER 5-19-26$15,482
AIR CHARTER 4-29-26$11,966
AIR CHARTER 02-20-26$11,824
DELIVERY$11,012
AIR CHARTER 5-6-26$5,477
REIMBURSEMENT FOR COUNTY CHAIR TRAINING SERVICE$2,500
BATCHING AND CAGING$1,929
FLORAL EXPENSE$447
PER DIEM$82
REGISTRATION$52
Paid to
Nationbuilder$102,055
Freeman JET Center$32,925
Basin Aviation LLC$11,824
Fedex$9,002
Trcca$2,500
Maianne Sahl Co. LLC$2,010
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$154,0101.5%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD MERCHANT FEE$129,813
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT$24,197
Paid to
Democracy Engine$71,376
WinRed$52,247
Citibank$18,886
First Bankcard$4,778
Stripe$3,492
Anedot$2,673
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$120,0731.1%
Filed as
FOOD AND BEVERAGE$48,171
INSURANCE$34,912
MESSAGE PHONE CALLS$22,510
PHONE SVC$6,316
EQUIPMENT PURCHASE$3,502
FACILITY RENTAL$2,941
FACILITY RENTAL/PERSONNEL SVC$1,098
PHOTOGRAPHY SVC$622
Paid to
Campaignhq$18,763
US Senate Cafe$18,661
Three Arbor Insurance$15,995
Higginbotham$13,532
AT&T$6,011
Progressive Insurance$5,085
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$116,8861.1%
Filed as
TAXES$55,947
PARYOLL-SVC-INSUR-TAXES$54,559
FILING FEE$5,000
BANK FEE$1,006
REGISTRATION FEE$374
Paid to
Insperity$54,559
US Treasury$29,950
Department of the Treasury$25,979
Republican Party of Texas$5,000
Chain Bridge Bank$1,006
Brazos County$364
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$106,9851%
Filed as
TRAVEL$84,934
TRAVEL/DELIVERY$8,035
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT$6,822
MILEAGE$6,294
PARKING SVC$900
Paid to
Conservative Connections$21,029
Ford Credit$15,472
Maianne Sahl Co. LLC$9,734
JW Marriott Austin$7,422
Exxon$7,392
Whatley, Kyle$7,019
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$23,8210.2%
Filed as
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION$22,767
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$1,055
Paid to
Texas Bipartisan Justice Committee Federal$18,200
Kosper, Scott HON.$2,501
Coppedge, John R. DR. M.D.$1,754
WinRed$1,055
Rick Scott for Florida$234
Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Agriculture Fund Inc.$39
Total itemized disbursements $10,476,207
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 1,368 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
166 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $152,210 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
FP1 Strategies LLC132 payments · 16% of all spending
$2,007,726
Harris Media LLC22 payments · 15% of all spending
$1,869,639
Cornyn Lonestar Victory Fund2 payments · 14% of all spending
$1,725,000
Battleground Connect4 payments · 4.2% of all spending
$508,471
Cornyn Victory Committee2 payments · 4.1% of all spending
$506,060
GEN2 Solutions LLC3 payments · 3.9% of all spending
$473,345
Fabrizio Lee7 payments · 3.5% of all spending
$431,450
Hemming, Andrew26 payments · 2.8% of all spending
$345,060
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
March 3, 2026 · Result (unofficial) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for
Runoff result and the final polls
Ken Paxton won by 27.7 points. The final poll had Ken Paxton +9.3, understating Ken Paxton's margin by 18.4 points.
May 26, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote and after the first round, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for
By text-to-web · Added to the Times' list May 5, 2026
Ken Paxton48%
John Cornyn45%
Don't know7%
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 2,975 contributions · 27% of ranked
$913,221
Attorney188 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$205,588
CEO138 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$165,383
Real Estate Broker268 contributions · 4% of ranked
$133,500
Executive61 contributions · 3.5% of ranked
$116,154
Real Estate56 contributions · 2.4% of ranked
$81,375
Partner44 contributions · 2.3% of ranked
$75,908
Consultant47 contributions · 2.1% of ranked
$70,570
A further $1,129,710 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($223,713) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Texas PAC▼ Opposes16 records, latest Oct 26, 2026$49,228,262
Maga Inc.▼ Opposes7 records, latest Oct 21, 2026$30,115,491
America PAC▼ Opposes33 records, latest Oct 23, 2026$22,319,578