{
  "id": 17769346,
  "title": "US Midterm Elections 2026: Texas Senate Race Sets Record With $573 Million In Campaign Advertising Spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/us-midterm-elections-2026-texas-senate-race-sets-record-with-573",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T08:20:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/us-midterm-elections-2026-texas-senate-race-sets-record-with-573-million-in-campaign-advertising-spending"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Texas Senate race has set a record with $573 million in campaign advertising spending, according to advertising analytics firm AdImpact. Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico are competing for the Senate seat ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections, with recent polls showing Talarico leading. The race has surpassed the previous record set by the 2024 Ohio Senate contest, which spent $542.7 million. AdImpact notes that the 2025-2026 election cycle is the first in which two non-presidential races have exceeded $500 million in political advertising. Republican advertisers have outspent Democrats by $140.7 million in the general election, with Republican groups accounting for $407.5 million of the total. Despite this, Talarico is currently ahead in the polls, leading Paxton 50% to 43% in a New York Times/Siena University survey. Democrats need to win five Republican-held Senate seats and flip at least four others to gain control of the chamber, a task made more challenging by the current Republican stronghold in key swing states.",
  "summary": "Washington DC: The Texas Senate contest has become the most expensive non-presidential race in American electoral history, with political advertising spending and reservations reaching a record USD 573 million, according to advertising intelligence firm AdImpact. The record expenditure comes as Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico face off in a closely contested Senate race ahead of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}