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Cycle 2026 · through June 30, 2026

Warren Paxton

REP · TX · Senate
Likely GOP Senate nominee for TX (primary runoff: May 2026)

Where Warren Paxton's campaign money comes from, by four headline measures. Total receipts for cycle 2026: $9.24M · FEC committee C00901918

From TX
82.9%
$7.58M of $9.15M itemized
Itemized contributions only ($200+). The FEC doesn't tag unitemized donors by state, so the small-dollar pool isn't included here.
From small donors (under $200)
22.9%
$2.50M of $10.9M from individuals
From individuals (not PACs)
97.6%
$220K from PACs and party committees
ActBlue and WinRed pass-through donations are counted as individual contributions here, which matches how the FEC totals them — they're conduit services, not the donor.
Top employers
Aggregated from itemized donors. Retired, self-employed, homemaker, and unreported values excluded.
  1. 01HOMEMAKER$370,090256 donors
  2. 02RYAN LLC$250,000116 donors
  3. 03ENTREPRENEUR$56,42058 donors
  4. 04LEDWELL$49,00011 donors
  5. 05REPUBLIC AMUSEMENTS$49,00023 donors
  6. 06DISCOVERY OPERATING INC.$42,00025 donors
  7. 07LOTT COMPANIES$37,50013 donors
  8. 08BOBBY COX COMPANIES INC$35,00014 donors
Outside money — independent expenditures
Money spent about Warren Paxton — TV ads, mailers, digital — by outside groups (super PACs and similar). Individuals can give super PACs unlimited amounts, so this is where the mega-donor money lives, far above the $7,000 cap that applies to direct contributions. Cycle 2026.
Spent supporting Warren Paxton
$1.32M
Spent opposing Warren Paxton
$26.9M
Top groups supporting
  1. Lone Star Liberty PAC$770,071
  2. Fellowship PAC$500,000
  3. Senate Conservatives Fund$26,477
  4. Club For Growth PAC$8,653
  5. Red Senate$7,614
  6. Courageous Conservatives PAC$1,500
Top groups opposing
  1. Texans For A Conservative Majority$24,960,684
  2. Texans Demanding Accountability$1,853,481
  3. Lone Star Rising PAC$90,910
FEC Schedule E. Each committee links to its FEC.gov profile, where you can see who funded it. Conduit platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are notshown here — they process donations to candidates, not independent expenditures, so structurally they don't belong in this section.
Top individual donors
Largest individual contributors to Warren Paxton's committee this cycle. Each name links to that donor's receipts on FEC.gov for verification. Conduit platforms (WinRed, ActBlue) are excluded — they're pass-through services, not the donor.
  1. 01
    Steve Ledwell
    Texarkana, TX — LEDWELL · EXECUTIVE
    $56,000
  2. 02
    Rex Nichols
    Prospect, KY
    $42,000
  3. 03
    Don Dyer
    Austin, TX — PJS OF TEXAS INC · C.E.O.
    $28,000
  4. 04
    Jeffery Love
    Dallas, TX — ELYSIAN CAPITAL · CEO
    $28,000
  5. 05
    Virgil Pizer
    Brooksville, FL — PEM-AIR TURBINE ENGINE SERVICES LLC · AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE
    $28,000
  6. 06
    Wayne Newkumet
    Midland, TX
    $28,000
  7. 07
    Travis Newkumet
    Midland, TX — REGIONS PERMIAN LLC · CEO
    $28,000
  8. 08
    Lezlie Lowe
    Plano, TX
    $28,000
  9. 09
    Christopher S. Ekstrom
    Dallas, TX — SELF-EMPLOYED · INVESTOR
    $28,000
  10. 10
    John Thaler
    Greenwich, CT — JAT CAPITAL PARTNERS LP · PARTNER
    $28,000
These are individual people, not corporate PACs. Itemized only ($200+); under-$200 donors are unitemized at the FEC and aren't named.
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Two campaigns on the same four headline numbers (REP).

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Where Warren Paxton's money comes from

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