{"id":2686041,"date":"2026-10-16T23:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-make-historic-all-in-midterm-move-talarico-raises-more-in-third-quarter-than-any-senate-candidate-in-history\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:40:33","slug":"dems-make-historic-all-in-midterm-move-talarico-raises-more-in-third-quarter-than-any-senate-candidate-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-make-historic-all-in-midterm-move-talarico-raises-more-in-third-quarter-than-any-senate-candidate-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Make Historic All-In Midterm Move: Talarico Raises More in Third Quarter Than Any Senate Candidate in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-make-historic-all-in-midterm-move-talarico-raises-more-in-third-quarter-than-any-senate-candidate-in-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2686041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico set a record by raising $64 million in the third quarter of 2026, the largest third-quarter fundraising total for any Senate candidate in history. Sence launching his campaign in September 2025, he has accumulated over $134 million from more than 1.3 million donors. The Texas Senate race is the most costly in the 2026 midterms, exceeding $501 million in ad spending and overall expenses. Republican PACs have spent over $200 million supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other Republican candidates in red states,despite polls showing Republicans struggling against Democratic opponents. Notably, former Democratic Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke raised $38.1 million in the third quarter of 2018 but lost to Ted Cruz. Currently, talarico holds a slight lead of about 2.6 percentage points. Campaigns in other states, such as Kansas and South Carolina, also show significant fundraising efforts from Democratic candidates and substantial Republican spending, though some races have seen spending pauses due to polling challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Texas Senate nominee James Talarico raised $64 million in the third quarter, the largest third-quarter haul of any Senate candidate in history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Talarico raised more than $134 million since launching his campaign in September 2025, with over 1.3 million donors contributing, Politico <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/10\/15\/congress\/james-talarico-64-million-fundraising-record-01119808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Texas Senate race is the most expensive Senate contest in the 2026 midterms, with ad spending and total costs surpassing $501 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Republican PACs spent over $200 million to support Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and large amounts in other red states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The surge in spending on red states happened while polls found Republicans struggling to fend off their Democratic opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Former Democratic Texas Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke raised a then-record $38.1 million in the third quarter when he ran against Republican Texas Sen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Ted Cruz in 2018. O\u2019Rourke <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2018\/results\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost<\/a> to Cruz by a two-point margin, 50.9% to 48.3%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Talarico led by an average of 2.6 points as of Thursday, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/elections\/senate\/2026\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to RealClearPolling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Paxton\u2019s campaign did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Talarico said God was \u201cnon-binary,\u201d said he loved transgender children when asked what he loved besides his family and claimed that the biblical account of Jesus\u2019 conception justified abortion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Former Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola raised around $17 million in the third quarter, while former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper raised $19.5 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Democratic Kansas Senate nominee Adam Hamilton raised $10.6 million in that time frame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Senate Leadership Fund, the top campaign arm for Senate Republicans, planned to spend $14 million in Kansas, where Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall was tied with Hamilton in the <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/general\/2026\/kansas\/marshall-vs-hamilton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls<\/a> as of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Voters in the state last elected a Democratic senator in November 1932.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The campaign arm spent $5 million on the South Carolina Senate race as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Republicans paused spending in North Carolina and Georgia, as their candidates were trailing in the polls. Democratic PACs pulled spending in those races because their candidates held comfortable leads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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