Trump-linked MAGA Inc pours $10M into Ken Paxton's Texas Senate race against James Talarico

MAGA, Inc., the super PAC linked to President Donald Trump , has made its first major midterm buy with $10 million in ad spending to support Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his Senate race, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.

Paxton and Democrat state Rep.

James Talarico are locked in a tight race in which polls continually show the two candidates neck and neck.

The race is one of roughly a dozen that will determine if the GOP holds its Senate majority in the midterms.

The $10 million will go toward digital and TV ads across the state.

FOX NEWS POLL: GOP DIVISIONS SHAPE TEXAS SENATE RACE Trump’s endorsement at the 11th hour ahead of a late May primary runoff election already helped Paxton beat longtime Republican incumbent Sen.

John Cornyn for the Republican nomination.

"While James Talarico has a record of raising taxes on working families, my Protecting the Texas Promise Agenda cuts costs and makes life more affordable.

Thank you, President @realDonaldTrump, for your support," Paxton wrote on X on Saturday while sharing a post about the ad buy.

"Together we will win for Texas and America." The decision comes after weeks of speculation over whether the super PAC would put money into the hotly contested race.

Talarico’s campaign also responded to the move, telling Fox News Digital, "Billionaire-backed dark money groups are lying about James Talarico because they’re scared of the people-powered movement we’re building to fix this broken, corrupt political system." BERNIE SANDERS DEMANDS DEMOCRATS BAN SUPER PACS FROM PRIMARIES, BLASTS AIPAC, ‘CORRUPT SYSTEM’ Talarico, who has called for higher taxes on the wealthy, called out billionaires heading to the Republican midterm convention starting Wednesday.

"Next week, billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians will gather at a convention in Dallas to clink champagne glasses and toast their own corruption," he said.

"They’re paying $20,000 for entry to a Billionaire Ball celebrating corrupt tariffs, billionaire tax breaks, and a new forever war that are all driving grocery costs through the roof.

We’ll be doing something different.