President Donald Trump is expected to attend a Republican National Committee fundraiser on Aug. 27 in Houston, Texas, with the goal of raising much needed funds for Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general running for the Senate, according to details of the event shared with MS NOW. 

The Texas Senate race, which has become a major national focal point, could decide control of the Senate in November. Democrats have built energy in challenging Paxton, whose litany of controversies has opened the door for the left to potentially win statewide for the first time since the 1990s. 

Trump will aim to get donors on board at the RNC fundraiser and show that he “and his PACs are behind Paxton all the way,” a source familiar with the plans said, as the campaign gears up to take on state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, in the midterm elections. 

The RNC and its related House and Senate fundraising committees, along with super PACs aligned with Trump and the GOP leadership, reported a combined $1 billion to spend over the next few months, based on latest filings with the Federal Election Commission. Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee, its congressional counterparts and the major Democratic super PACs reported $404 million in the bank.

Tickets to the fundraiser, first reported by The New York Times, range from $10,000 to nearly half a million dollars. 

During the GOP runoff election in May, Paxton’s campaign spent a significant portion of its war chest against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, leaving approximately $1.75 million in its account with still three months until the election, according to the latest FEC filing closing out the second quarter of 2026. The main super PAC supporting Paxton, Lone Star Liberty, has about $35,000 left going into July, though a handful of other super PACs, such as Club for Growth, have popped up over the last few months.

By contrast, FEC filings for the last quarter show Talarico’s campaign with about $21.5 million on hand, and major pro-Talarico super PAC Lone Star Rising with a little over $12.6 million going into July. 

It remains to be seen how much money will pour in for Paxton and Talarico as more outside groups from across the aisle attempt to exercise their influence. Paxton’s campaign has already been seeking to replenish depleted funds for what’s shaping up to be a hotly contested race. 

Trump himself is invested in the outcome of the election. The president made a last-minute endorsement of Paxton on May 19 — a week before the runoff election — in an attempt to unseat Cornyn, a five-time incumbent. 

Trump wants to ensure he has allies in the Senate, the source said. Both the White House and Paxton’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment. 

In a post on Truth Social explaining his endorsement of Paxton, the president called Cornyn “a good man,” but he said the senator was “not supportive of [him] when times were tough,” while highlighting Paxton’s support to terminate the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act. 

Trump’s endorsement doesn’t automatically dictate the results of a primary election as he has claimed. In March, the president boasted that his “Endorsements within the Republican Party have been virtually insurmountable!”

But in recent months, a number of Trump-backed candidates in statewide and national races have lost. On Tuesday night, businessman Jim Schwartzel beat Trump-backed Catalina Lauf in Florida’s 19th Congressional District, and in the state’s 7th District, former TV anchor Ryan Elijah defeated Trump-backed Rep. Cory Mills. 

Last week, Trump-endorsed Mike Lindell lost his Minnesota GOP gubernatorial primary, and in June, Rep. Randy Feenstra — also backed by Trump — lost the GOP primary for Iowa governor. 

Still, Paxton in his May victory speech following the runoff election called Trump’s support “the most powerful force in politics.”

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