Texas Majority PAC, which received millions in seed funding from George Soros, has quietly but rapidly ramped up its operation to elect Democrats in Texas, new campaign finance filings show.
The PAC spent over $5 million between July 1 and Sept. 26, a dramatic increase from the low six-figure disbursements the group was sending out when it first launched, according to state records. Soros provided roughly half of the $4.4 million Texas Majority PAC raised between July and September, a haul that comes as control of the House could hinge on a handful of close congressional races in the state and as Democratic Senate nominee Colin Allred closes the polling gap with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
“George Soros and the Democrats have known for years that if they flip Texas they change the course of our country forever, and that starts with unseating Sen. Cruz,” a Cruz campaign spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The stakes could not be higher. Soros will continue flooding the State with outside money, which is why Texans need to show up on November 5th to hold the line and ensure that Texas remains our nation’s conservative stronghold.”
Cruz leads Allred by just 3.6 points in FiveThirtyEight’s most recent average of polls. Allred has closed the gap considerably in recent months, as he trailed Cruz by an average of more than 6 points in June. […]
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