It was said Ken Paxton for Senate 2026 was going to be a money pit, that it would cost Republicans and their donors a quarter-billion-dollars-plus to get him elected. That was probably underselling it as the newly-formed Texas PAC alone has spent $131 million in the 17 days leading up to this Tuesday, per Axios, quantifying just how badly the GOP is freaking the fuck out over the prospect of losing the seat for which $90 million+ was sunk into John Cornyn’s losing primary defense.